Re: [Vo]:corn price and ethanol

2008-04-18 Thread Nick Palmer
Stephen A. Lawrence (not Steven - sorry) wrote:- <> and <> Australia has been suffering form a six year drought which may, or may not, be related to expected climate change. As a consequence their rice crop has been dramatically cut by 98% (!) this article in the NY times yesterday reveals a

Re: [Vo]:corn price and ethanol

2008-04-18 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Nick Palmer wrote: I think it was Steven who wrote about the "sophistry" of the argument about why food prices were rising (due to the diversion of corn production into making ethanol biofuel). In today's technology review http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/20641/ they are looking at th

[Vo]:corn price and ethanol

2008-04-18 Thread Nick Palmer
I think it was Steven who wrote about the "sophistry" of the argument about why food prices were rising (due to the diversion of corn production into making ethanol biofuel). In today's technology review http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/20641/ they are looking at the problems that the Am