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Biofuel boom threatens food supplies: Nestle
Zurich (AFP) March 23, 2008 Growing use of such crops wheat and corn to make biofuels is putting world food supplies in peril, the head of Nestle, the world's biggest food and beverage company, warned Sunday. "If as predicted we look to use biofuels to satisfy 20 percent of the growing demand for oil products, there will be nothing left to eat," chairman and chief executive Peter Brabeck-Letmathe said. "To grant enormous subsidies for biofuel production is morally unacceptable and irresponsible," he told the Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag. While the competition is driving up the price of maize, soya and wheat, land for cultivation is becoming rare and water sources are also under threat, Brabeck said. His remarks echoed concerns raised by the United Nations' independent expert on the right to food, Jean Ziegler. Speaking at the UN General Assembly last year, Ziegler called for a five-year moratorium on all initiatives to develop biofuels in order to avert what he said might be "horrible" food shortages. Diplomats from countries pursuing such fuels, such as Brazil and Colombia, disagreed with his forecast. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Continental, Boeing And GE Announce Sustainable Biofuels Flight Demonstration Plan
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2008Continental Airlines, Boeing and GE Aviation have announced plans to conduct a biofuels demonstration flight in the first half of 2009 in an effort to identify sustainable fuel solutions for the aviation industry. Continental is the first major U.S. carrier to announce plans to highlight technological advancements in sustainable biofuels that can help to further reduce carbon emissions. |
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