Bio fuels, are they the answer to cheaper food or will they increase food costs?

Question

Bio fuels, are they the answer to cheaper food or will they increase food costs?

Answer 1

once the bio producers decide to start using other forms of vegetation to create fuel.

the price of food will go back down, as a result of transporting the food will be lowered.

Answer 2

It will increase the cost of food... The crazy thing about the alternative fuel is the energy they produce is from burning Corbin ,so they will produce the same CO2 for an equel work done...

Answer 3

The REAL problem behind the increase in food costs in the US is because they use CORN to create Ethanol, which is probably about the most idiotic thing I have ever heard of!

Sensible countries like Brazil and Australia use sugar cane, which is cheap, prolific, high in energy, cheap, and not a part of the essential foods chain.

Answer 4

Rampant conversion to biofuel supply crops has reduced food crop production by a huge amount. The current costs of wheat and corn are a direct result of this insidious form of greed. Those who choose to negate the welfare of the many, do so at the expense of thier souls. The seed and fertilizer suppliers are at the root of thier dilema. They continue the false paths of promise while delivering destruction at an an ever increasing pace. Until the behemouths of industry are confronted with thier impositions,and made to bare thier impropiaty's, we will continue to suffer the consequences of thier actions. How have we let so few control the fate of so many? U.S.citizens must address this now!

Answer 5

I run a grass fed operation so the price of corn does not affect me much, but from a producer's standpoint, the rising cost of corn for ethanol production WILL affect food prices insofar as it pertains to food that is produced from corn. That make any sense?

Ok, this time last year a 50 pound bag of whole corn cost $4.99 where I live. Today that same bag costs over $9 and the town over is getting 10.50 for it. For the cattleman who feeds corn, his feed costs just about doubled in a year's time. This applies to producers of eggs, milk, beef, pork, mutton, chevon, and so on. Eventually that increased feed cost will be turned into an increase in your feed cost, unless you are a strict vegetarian, and even then you may see your fruits and veggies rise in cost as the land formerly used for their production is turned over to corn production. As corn is a very destructive crop in terms of soil nutrient depletion, it must be rotated every year, which means a LOT of farmland is going eventually become a wasteland requiring tons of fertilizer to be dumped on the corn just to keep it alive. More expense, thereby driving up the price of corn even more.

You get the picture.

Answer 6

Bio-fuels will increase food costs, they isn´t the answer to energy demands, only alternative source of energy (solar, wind, biological, sea, etc.) will cover the hungry of energy of human population.

Answer 7

Have a look around, the food supply in the world is already running low. Bio fuel will not make cheap food....it's fuel for cars....

Answer 8

Prices for commodities are steadily rising and top food industry executives are grumbling that costs will not fall as long as the U.S. government continues to subsidize corn growers for making ethanol.

The ethanol industry has been blamed for everything from rising food prices to environmental damage, and its heavy use of corn has even divided the farm community. Grain farmers celebrate record prices while livestock producers and bakers complain about rising costs.

The subject should be revisited by lawmakers, according to top executives at the Reuters Food Summit in Chicago this week. Some said production of renewable fuels should be capped or other benefits stripped away, or consumers' wallets will continue to feel the pinch.

Answer 9

bio fuels are not for food so how can be the answer to cheaper food?

Food costs have risen because of land for food has been used instead to grow bio fuels thus creating a deficit in food supply.