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Originally Posted by theholycow
You're mixing up cause and effect. Increased energy prices cause both the rising food prices and the popularity of biofuels. While corn is NOT the best choice for making biofuels, it is a myth that corn prices rising from biofuels are the cause of increased food prices.
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Actually it is no myth. Food prices have risen dramatically since we started using our crops to make fuel and will continue to strech our food supplies until we develop a way to make ethanol without using our food crops. It is no coincidence that food prices have risen with the demand of corn for ethonal no matter what the politicians try to tell you. Corn is a basic staple around the world not only for people but for our livestock as well. And while energy costs as well as weather play a part in food prices do not think for one minute that using our food crops and land to grow gas is not effecting your food prices.