Hmmm. Interesting as usual, Alberto... Good perspective.
--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brin blogged: > > > > The world's rush to embrace biofuels is causing a > spike > > in the price of corn and other crops and could > worsen > > water shortages and force poor communities off > their land, > > according to a U.N. official. > > Ok, but this is not the consensus. What caused the > spike in > the prices of vegetable food is the increase of > income of > millions of chinese and indians. They got richer, > they wanted > to eat less veggies and more meat, and the > production of meat > takes about 7 times more vegetable than the > production of > veggie food. > > > But a biofuel startup in Illinois can make ethanol > from > > just about anything organic for less than $1 per > gallon, > > and it wouldn't interfere with food supplies... > > And if it becomes economically viable (a big if), > then why > on Earth would the organic waste be priced at zero? > Here > in Brazil, the price of animal fat was near zero, > then > we started transesterifying it to make biodiesel. > Guess what? > Now it's price is getting close to soybean oil. > > Alberto Monteiro > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
