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To: epicure who wrote (67566)	5/21/2008 9:10:08 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542970

Mme, Did you read that article? If you did - can we twist words and say you think Obama by supporting biofuels - as he does - is supporting genocide? "Biofuels are genocide. Wall Street investors are creating an ethanol bubble too, driving up the prices of grain grown for fuel rather than for food. Farmers around the world can no longer afford to grow grain for food when the earnings for fuel are far greater! Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has been campaigning for the past couple of years against biofuels. He has called ethanol “genocide,” saying that biofuels will “cost the lives of 3 billion people.” Castro’s article, “The Internationalization of Genocide,” states, “The five top producers of the corn, barley, sorghum, rye, millet and oats that Bush wants to turn into raw materials for producing ethanol supply 679 million tons of the world market…In turn, the five top consumers, some of which are also producers of these grains, currently need 604 million tons annually. The available surplus comes down to less than 80 million tons.” Castro adds, “This colossal waste of cereals for producing fuel…would serve only to save the rich countries less than 15 percent of what is annually consumed by their voracious automobiles.”"

To: epicure who wrote (67566)	5/21/2008 9:11:34 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542970

OK, I admit it. I bought TWO bags of rice at Costco, which I intend to eat in the next few months. Before people started hoarding rice, I started eating it last year because I recognized the health benefits. Now I am lucky if I can get what I need. The man at the checkout stand said people were buying the limit (five bags) and sending it to their relatives overseas. I don't think we are eating the world's food. We're eating what we grow and what we pay for. Everybody else is doing the same. Some people want us to pay for what they eat. That's not OK, unless it's our idea.