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Leanan on April 9, 2006 - 8:03am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
let the customer decide on food vs fuel

What if that results in the wealthy getting both and everyone else getting neither?

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Boof on April 9, 2006 - 9:18am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
What if that results in the wealthy getting both and everyone else getting neither?
Could be, though more likely to be the landowning classes http://www.aboutbioenergy.info/benefits.html
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Simstim on April 9, 2006 - 9:36am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
A variant of this is already happening in the developing world: cash crops for international markets (tobacco, cotton, coffee, etc.) being favoured over food for the national/regional market.  
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mcgowanjm on April 9, 2006 - 9:47am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
The consensus in Eastern Arkansas-The Delta, is that cotton
will be planted turnrow to turnrow (meaning, everywhere possible).

Corn and rice will be cut back-at least 20%, with soybeans
(no fertilizer needed)filling the gaps.

James

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