Bishop Hill First victims of the greens
Apr 6, 2008 Greens Media attention is finally starting to focus on the implications of the drive for biofuels.
The Observer worries if food riots will be sparked by the continuing rises in rice prices.
Food riots fear after rice price hits a high
Shortages of the staple crop of half the world's people could bring unrest across Asia and Africa, reports foreign affairs editor Peter Beaumont
Mr Beaumont clearly has his finger somewhere other than on the pulse because AFP is reporting that the trouble has already started:
Forty people died during price riots in Cameroon in February, there has also been deadly troubles in Ivory Coast and Mauritania and other violent demonstrations in Senegal and Burkina Faso -- where a nationwide strike against price rises is to start Tuesday.
The trouble is not limited to these countries either. In Egypt, there have been outbreaks of violence in bread queues, with as many as seven people dying. We've also seen unrest in Mexico and Argentina.
The deaths of so many poor people is sad enough, but when it's all so unnecessary it's doubly depressing. Whatever your views on global warming, grain-based ethanol was never going to be part of the answer. Using all of your agricultural land to provide a fraction of your fuel needs is so plainly barmy that anyone except an green or a politician would reject it out of hand.
It's unforgiveable. The fact of the deaths caused by their religion should be rammed down the throats of green activists and politicians every time they dare to put their heads above the parapet.
Reader Comments (2)
One day, the Greens will stare at the mountains of corpses and whisper - just like the died-in-the-wool-Nazis did - "we just wanted to do good, how could we know about the nonstop killing"!