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Originally Posted by hairyyahoo  this is actually becoming something of a global problem at the moment, or so i read in the papers. the thing of it is that many nations are pushing the use of bio fuels made from certain crops in an attempt to combat global warming. farmers are finding it much more profitable to plant these crops than it is to plant food crops, so they're growing bio fuel crops instead of the normal stuff, which is creating a global food shortage that's hitting the developing world real hard.
every solution seems to throw up another problem huh?  |
Its a problem. The price of wheat (I read this week's economist
) has doubled SINCE JANUARY.
And Wheat isn't the only one... rice is also more expensive, as most grains and staples. In Bangladesh, and other countries like it, people are starving. Its now a crime, punishable by life imprisionment, to hoard rice in the Philippines.
So... one problem (lack of oil) leads to another, more important one (lack of food!)
Oh, and Ikarus... I feel your pain, in Dhaka, I eat rice twice a day... (and the only reason we don't eat it three times a day is because my parents couldn't take it!)