Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Biofuels shift seen to put major squeeze on food prices

This is a few days old but I'm posting it because I've never seen PhysOrg use this kind of language:

A global shift toward renewable energy could jack up food prices by up to 80 percent...

I think they want to stress a point.

Here's a video of Joachim von Braun, director-general of the International Food Policy Research Institute.