<div>We are already seeing food prices increase due to competition with biofuels, corn from ethanol in the US being a good example. And food price increases and fears of food shortages are causing many nations at this moment to ban exports of grain, though I am not saying competition with biofuels is the primary cause of this development. Emergency measures are being advocated by the World Bank to address this crisis, causing food riots:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/06/food.foodanddrink">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/06/food.foodanddrink</a></div>
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<div>From URL above:</div>
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<p>Analysts have cited many factors for the rises, including rising fuel and fertiliser expenses, as well as climate change. But while drought is one factor, another is the switch from food to biofuel production in large areas of the world, in particular to fulfil the US energy demands. A continuing change in the global diet is also putting a further squeeze on rice. In China, for example, 100 million rural migrants to the country's big cities have switched from a staple of wheat to rice as they have become wealthier.</p>
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<div>Forests are being cut down for palm plantations to produce biofuel in Indonesia, a case of biofuel production directly causing ecosystem damage:</div>
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<div><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6320285.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6320285.stm</a></div>
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<div>Biodiesel from algae may offer an alternative that lessens impacts on food production for human and animal feed, and ecosystem damage:</div>
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<div>From the University of New Hampshire regarding biodiesel from algae:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html">http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html</a></div>
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<div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div>
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