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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
I recall a news story about the good folks in Bradford PA growing sunflowers in vacant lots to make biodiesel.
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Making the claim that biofuels are grown at the expense of food even more untrue.
Dunno about the US, but the EU has got massive amounts of farmland for which the farmers get paid to NOT grow anything.
In addition, our subsidized overproduction gets exported to the developing world at dumping prices, meaning the farmers there simply can't compete on price and get pushed out of the market.
Not growing that overproduction means even more land that can be used to grow biofuels, while developing countries can generate their own food & income.