Oil from Grains used for Biofuel

[Robert Franklin Draper III]

Oil from vegetable, fruit, or grains can be used to heat homes, run automobiles, and eventually replace fossil fuel. It sounds pretty nice doesn't it? But there is only one problem.

There is only a limited amount of land set aside for growing food, and if that land is used to grow plants for oil, where will we grow our food. I don't want the price of my cornmeal, which is used to make bread, to increase because the price for biofuel has risen, and the gas stations want to make more money. That's what happens when the price for gasoline rises, and why should the price for gasoline affect my ability to feed myself. Yes. I could use meat in replace of grain some days, but not all people can afford meat everyday or even every other day. Meat is a delicacy for many people. Most people in 3^rd world countries depend on grain as their major source of food. For instance, in Yemen most of the school age children eat bread and drink water or milk before going to school, and a different type of grain will probably be used for dinner. If you take away the grain used for food and you use it for biofuel, you are taking away an affordable meal to the majority of people. There is no way you can save the planet by starving the people.