>>> 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
>>
>>
>> If You are blaming bio-fuels for food shortages, You are, for the most
>> part, wrong:
>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17warm.html?scp=9&sq=Australia&st...
>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/opinion/24cohen.html?em&ex=1209182400&en=3ebf7d439c88f220&ei...
>> Climate change and economics, including "free" trade agreements and farm
>> subsidies, are the primary culprit. For instance, bio-fuels have nothing
>> to do with the global shortage of rice. Rice is not used for bio-fuels,
>> nor is wheat. And without bio-fuels, Global Climate Change is going to
>> get worse, which will make food shortages worse, etc...
>>
>>
