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Biofuel Strikes Meat Prices, 2007-08-31 13:30:49
According to earth2tech, the UK agriculture sector could see the cost to feed animals double due to a rising demand of Canadian grain. This rise in demand and price can be traced back to the biofuel industry which uses the grain in ethanol production for cars. ...Bookmark tags: world-news, environment, biofuel, climate-change, food, global-warming, prices, farming, canada, wheat

Ethanol reality check: Does it make sense to fill your gas tank with corn?, 2008-04-08 10:00:45
The U.S. is putting a lot of its energy chips on ethanol. President Bush wants to increase U.S. ethanol production by close to 600% by 2017, so U.S. companies are racing to make ethanol out of just about anything. ...Bookmark tags: business, environment, oil, food, cars, gas, investment, president-bush, fuel, ethanol

Marking the Day When Running Our Cars on Starving Children Became Law, 2008-04-22 10:00:36
It feels appropriate that I should mark the day when the UK government makes it law that all petrol and diesel must contain at least 2.5% of biofuel in some way. ...Bookmark tags: world-news, food, children, cars, population, biofuels, u-k, starving

Treasure Trove Of Hidden Nuts Leads To $242 Tow, 2008-12-18 10:00:03
DEMOTTE, Ind. (AP) -- Aw, nuts. That's likely what Hope Wideup thought when her car's turn signal and windshield wipers wouldn't work. It's also what she found later when she opened the hood. ...Bookmark tags: odd-news, news, food, odd, cars, car, animals, woman, weird, animal