Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Brazilian President Makes Case for Biofuels at UN

Leaders from all over the world have gathered at the United Nations in New York City for the annual high-level debate before the General Assembly. Part of that included the fuel-versus-food debate.In this article from the UN News Centre, Brazilian President Luiz In cio Lula da Silva disputed the idea that biodiesel and ethanol are the cause of high food prices and part of the reason for the recent world economic woes:He stressed that the world was facing many other equally serious matters, including the food crisis, the spike in energy prices, the deadlock on talks to reform internatio...

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