Rush for biofuels threatens starvation on a global scale

Unfortunately we may see the "perfect storm" in food. While biofuels may not be the 100% cause, the use of foods for biofuels may have removed a buffer from the worlds food supply. Thus, a little extra pressure from some other cause, leads to extensive shortages. A small upset in some area may also then have catastrophic consequences.

Times UK
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3500954.ece

“It’s very hard to imagine how we can see the world growing enough crops to produce renewable energy and at the same time meet the enormous demand for food,”

"Josette Sheeran, executive director of the World Food Programme, told the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday: “The shift to biofuels production has diverted lands out of the food chain. "

"The US now devotes more acreage to growing corn than at any time since 1944. Farmers planted 90.5 million acres in 2007, 15 per cent more than a year before."

"Critics have been angered by the loss of tropical rainforests, which have been cleared to allow farmers to grow biofuel crops."