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drogbakanu | Dec 28, 2008 | Reply
“If it’s made of corn, it’s worthy of scorn,” perfectly captures the radicalism inherent in critics of food-based ethanol. These people have been spewing all kinds of lies and propaganda about ethanol. Some are claiming ethanol will increase gasoline production, and hence its price. Others argue the use of ethanol will compromise global food security. Mark my point, in this world, there has never been short of food. It’s only that there are inequalities in distribution systems. How can you explain the fact that there’s plenty of food in one part of the world, while in another part of the world people are going to bed hungry? Even in the developing world, this inequality in food distribution is also apparent. Take the case of Kenya. The North Eastern part of the country experiences food shortages usually on yearly basis. But if you go to the Central part of the country, farmers there milk to the ground, feed potatoes to domestic animals because bad roads cannot allow them to transport their produce to the market.
Ethanol has a great future. The world can afford to produce ethanol without endangering food supplies. After listening to this debate from the sidelines, I’ve decided, on my blog GMO Africa, to have a crack on this issue. I need to know if ethanol holds any future for motorists who’re always squeezed hard by high gas prices.