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Author: DougDoug Date: Aug 10, 2008 01:04
"Visitors to the shanty towns of Haiti, the poorest country in the
Western hemisphere, will find something unusual in the markets. It's a
dry, yellow, round food product, about the size of a digestive
biscuit.
They're mud cakes, made from clay, salt, oil and water. Eat one, and
you'll keep hunger at bay for a few hours..."
"...Another reason prices are high is because of the boom in
'biofuels'. In 2006, the American government spent $12billion
(£6billion) to turn maize into ethanol, which was mixed with petrol
and sold as 'flexible fuel'..."
More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1043125/Tortilla-riots-mud-cakes...
--
UK Radical Campaigns
www.zing.icom43.net
Motorists contribute to global starvation, environmental destruction
and drink driving by using ethanol.
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Author: Gizmo.Gizmo. Date: Aug 10, 2008 01:28
"Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
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OT - Nothing to do with transport or the UK
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Author: DougDoug Date: Aug 10, 2008 01:36
On 10 Aug, 09:28, "Gizmo." precisionreplicas.com> wrote:> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
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> news:f376e93c-9073-4d2d-b895-f99e2ea5fff0@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
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> OT - Nothing to do with transport or the UK
Er, clue - biofuels?
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Date: Aug 10, 2008 02:30
Doug wrote:
> On 10 Aug, 09:28, "Gizmo." precisionreplicas.com> wrote:>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
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>> news:f376e93c-9073-4d2d-b895-f99e2ea5fff0@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
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>> OT - Nothing to do with transport or the UK>
> Er, clue - biofuels?
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Amount of biofuel exported by Haiti..?
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Author: Steve in HertsSteve in Herts Date: Aug 10, 2008 04:07
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:04:13 -0700 (PDT), Doug riseup.net>
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What does this have to do with transport in the UK? There are tens of
thousands of newsgroups to choose from and you think uk.transport is
the right place for this?
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Author: Derek GeldardDerek Geldard Date: Aug 10, 2008 04:25
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:04:13 -0700 (PDT), Doug riseup.net>
wrote:
>"Visitors to the shanty towns of Haiti, the poorest country in the
>Western hemisphere, will find something unusual in the markets. It's a
>dry, yellow, round food product, about the size of a digestive
>biscuit.
>
>They're mud cakes, made from clay, salt, oil and water. Eat one, and
>you'll keep hunger at bay for a few hours..."
>
>"...Another reason prices are high is because of the boom in
>'biofuels'. In 2006, the American government spent $12billion
>(£6billion) to turn maize into ethanol, which was mixed with petrol
>and sold as 'flexible fuel'..."
Whereas in the real world clay has been part of native American
cooking for thousands of years just as adding ground up stones (*) has
been part of ours.
IGWS Lugless (Let them eat lentils) Duhgless knows better than they do
about what they should eat.
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Date: Aug 10, 2008 08:32
"Derek Geldard" miniac.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4jjt94lcko428n1gqdc1ng8bomo6aqvqmj@4ax.com...> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:04:13 -0700 (PDT), Doug riseup.net>
> wrote:
>>>"Visitors to the shanty towns of Haiti, the poorest country in the
>>Western hemisphere, will find something unusual in the markets. It's a
>>dry, yellow, round food product, about the size of a digestive
>>biscuit.
>>
>>They're mud cakes, made from clay, salt, oil and water. Eat one, and
>>you'll keep hunger at bay for a few hours..."
>>
>>"...Another reason prices are high is because of the boom in
>>'biofuels'. In 2006, the American government spent $12billion
>>(
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Author: DougDoug Date: Aug 10, 2008 08:46
On 10 Aug, 10:30, Phil Bradshaw
wrote:> Doug wrote:
>> On 10 Aug, 09:28, "Gizmo." precisionreplicas.com> wrote:>>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message>
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>>> OT - Nothing to do with transport or the UK
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>> Er, clue - biofuels?
>
> Amount of biofuel exported by Haiti..?
You just don't get it do you, or don't want to. Your use of biofuels
in your car is contributing to a hike in food prices worldwide, thus
causing even more starvation.
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Author: John WrightJohn Wright Date: Aug 10, 2008 08:55
Doug wrote:
> On 10 Aug, 10:30, Phil Bradshaw
> wrote:>> Doug wrote:
>>> On 10 Aug, 09:28, "Gizmo." precisionreplicas.com> wrote:>>>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:f376e93c-9073-4d2d-b895-f99e2ea5fff0@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>>> OT - Nothing to do with transport or the UK>>> Er, clue - biofuels?
>> Amount of biofuel exported by Haiti..?
>
> You just don't get it do you, or don't want to. Your use of biofuels
> in your car is contributing to a hike in food prices worldwide, thus
> causing even more starvation.
You just don't get it either. Since when did anyone filling anything up
with petrol in the UK have any choice in the matter. This is an EU
thing, not an individual choice. Even F1 cars use 5%% biofuel.
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John Wright
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Author: Mike PMike P Date: Aug 10, 2008 08:57
Doug wrote:
> On 10 Aug, 10:30, Phil Bradshaw
> wrote:>> Doug wrote:
>>> On 10 Aug, 09:28, "Gizmo." precisionreplicas.com> wrote:>>>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message>>
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>>>> OT - Nothing to do with transport or the UK
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>>> Er, clue - biofuels?
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>> Amount of biofuel exported by Haiti..?
>
> You just don't get it do you, or don't want to. Your use of biofuels
> in your car is contributing to a hike in food prices worldwide, thus
> causing even more starvation.
No, it's not. Proof of this has already been posted.
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