Interesting Graphs on Food from BBC
Posted: Mon 07 Jul 2008, 12:57:26
I wasn't sure where to put this thread because it's about food. According to the descriptions, the environment thread nor the current energy news are appropriate. May I suggest to Mods that we have a Food Thread?
Anyway, here's a pretty good "article" with interesting graphs on the world food situation. They posted these graphs because UK is going to slow the growth of biofuel production due to food and poverty concern issues as well as the environment.
Here's some of the best:
The food price spikes of recent are nothing compared to past history. We'll have plenty of a way to go, therefore, to get to a reduction in demand.
Also interesting with their predictions. Absolutely laughable.
Most of the ethanol production is from corn which has had some of the least price increases.
That's a tremendous amount of more meat consumed => more than 30 billion more kilos of meat. I don't even want to calculate the extra water consumed.
Even with higher prices, the US is doing better because of its exports. We're not even experiencing the trouble of other nations. It's going to get bad when production yields go lower.
Anyway, here's a pretty good "article" with interesting graphs on the world food situation. They posted these graphs because UK is going to slow the growth of biofuel production due to food and poverty concern issues as well as the environment.
Here's some of the best:
The food price spikes of recent are nothing compared to past history. We'll have plenty of a way to go, therefore, to get to a reduction in demand.
Also interesting with their predictions. Absolutely laughable.
Most of the ethanol production is from corn which has had some of the least price increases.
That's a tremendous amount of more meat consumed => more than 30 billion more kilos of meat. I don't even want to calculate the extra water consumed.
Even with higher prices, the US is doing better because of its exports. We're not even experiencing the trouble of other nations. It's going to get bad when production yields go lower.