UN Warns of Biofuels' Environmental Risk

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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- 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, a U.N. official said Wednesday.

Speaking at a regional forum on bioenergy, Regan Suzuki of the U.N.'s Food
and Agriculture Organization acknowledged that biofuels are better for the
environment than fossil fuels and boost energy security for many countries.

However, she said those benefits must be weighed against the pitfalls - many
of which are just now emerging as countries convert millions of acres to
palm oil, sugar cane and other crops used to make biofuels.


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Scott

The North American Union and SPP are just convenient retreats for the same
crooks and kooks that were telling you to panic about Y2K.


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