alt.energy.renewable

Anthony Matonak wrote:

> calderhome@yahoo.com wrote:
> > NEWS - "Egyptian government urges end to biofuel subsidies"
> >
> > "The U.S. and Europe should stop encouraging the growth of maize and
> > other crops for the production of biofuels, a practice that is pushing
> > up food prices and hitting the world's poorest people, Egyptian
> > Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin said Wednesday."
>
> Perhaps Egypt should grow it's own food. Then it wouldn't matter
> what the U.S. and Europe do. Their own food prices would be under
> their own control.

You haven't heard of this thing called global trade presumably ? No country
is immune from world commodity prices.

Graham