for me and biofuels have been accused of causing the food shortages that lead traitor mattick increase in price it's. unpredictable droughts have destroyed rice and wheat crops while a big part of the u.s. corn harvest is turned into fuel for cars and not for people. a classic fieri of supply and demand offers a limited explanation as to why over the course of two years the prices of rice have gone up by two hundred seventeen percent of weeks by one hundred thirty six percent of corn by one hundred twenty five percent and of soya by one hundred seven percent there's sort of theoretical ways ascribing to say it's greed and there's perhaps ways ascribing to say this capitalism. is certainly a food system which. has always been somewhat corrupt. now at this point perhaps more crisis and more corrupt than it was ever been before here but history . in wealthy countries an increase in food prices means more expensive products in the supermarket however in poorer nations it means hunger and death as most people cannot afford them. i don't know that's. my thinking i don't know i don't think ab

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