There's a 'UN food price crisis summit in Rome' at which a debate is occurring about biofuels. On the one hand they are seen as the ultimate in green fuels, but on the other hand the rise of biofuels is impacting the availability of food. To grow biofuels means to divert farmland and food production equipment or people into production of biofuel material.
In Haiti the food riots were severe enough that a UN "Peacekeeper" was killed, and the Prime Minister was forced to resign.
Over the weekend the more I thought about the food riots the more wrong this seemed. Here are some stories of potential food riots in the Phillipines.
I read this news article immediately after watching an episode of Doctor Who, and it seemed a story that would fit right in. 'A dramatic rise in the worldwide cost of food is provoking riots throughout the Third World where millions more of the world's most vulnerable people are facing starvation as food shortages grow and cereal prices soar.' The article says food riots are occurring in many countries, that the riots are due to rising food prices, and the rising food prices are due to food being diverted to biofuel production.
