> I recently saw the Dalai Lama on television talking about "starvation"
> in Tibet. Some of the problem is due to the Chinese occupation, but
> much of the food shortage problem Tibet is facing can be attributed to
> the global food crisis created by biofuel production, which literally
> turns mountains of the world's human food supply into fuel for our
> cars and trucks. Those of you who meditate might consider using some
> of your gained inner energy to fight this global food crisis. See
> "The biofuel hoax is causing a world food crisis!" at:
>
> http://home.att.net/~meditation/bio-fuel-hoax.html
>
> You can find world food crisis news links, updated every day, at:
>
> http://home.att.net/~meditation/biofuel-news.html
>
> Meditation is great, but keeping the world from starving is absolutely
> essential. Tibet, Nepal, India, and other countries with large low
> income populations are obviously the most affected by skyrocketing
> prices of basic staple foods, which have increased by 80%% in the last
> 3 years according to the World Bank. Misguided United States and
> European Union biofuels policies are to blame for "30 to 70%%" of that
> price rise, according to German Development Minister Heidemarie
> Wieczorek-Zeul. Turning food into fuel on an overpopulated, food and
> water starved little planet was not the best idea that George W. Bush
> and Nancy Pelosi have come up with.
>
> Christopher Calder