Can any "great minds" or "brights" solve the new issue of food inflation and scarcity happening now?

Question

Many things are not simple. Certainly global warming is one of them. As a result, some of the climate has changed and droughts have rendered the land infertile in a short time. Expected, but not as soon, unless it's just a seasonal blimp. Converting corn to ethanol, to reduce our need of oil and gas seemed like a good idea at the time. But with just a small change to produce it as biofuel, world markets for corn and now rice have skyrocketed. Other grains are expected to follow. Everything has consequences. Who has any ideas to stop/decrease gas and oil usage, but not deplete the food available to peoples of the world, especially in developing countries? Someone must be able? Al Gore was able to produce a best seller which explained in easily understandable terms for us, and gave him a Nobel prize for Literature, the need for action. Can he do it again? Or someone else? Please share your polite thoughts.

Answer 1

Every thing is tied to fuel ,if the price of fuel came down all this would go away. The Global Warming scam is what is responsible that started the run on fuel.The propagators should be jailed. ...

Answer 2

The problem is greed, and I doubt science can solve that problem.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

They're trying to blame the food shortages and rising prices on the farmers who grow biofuels.  Last year they were trying to blame the worldwide droughts on them.  That's all baloney.  

American farmers point out that they are exceeding their production goals in both food and biofuels, so neither hinders the other.  The Australian farmers say better policies and infrasturucture are needed.  Both cite high petroleum prices and Global warming as the main causes.  The only argument there is that if all the countries took all the land used for biofuels and devoted it to food there would be more food.  You can't argue with that, but the USA and EU subsidize growing biofuels, but not growing food and not developing agricultural programs where they are needed.  Please understand these programs and practices come from the governments of the grain exporting countries.  They are not recommended by the environmentalists.

The USA is trying to offset the financial losses associated with the housing crash last year. The big investment houses who handle investments for pensions and things like that are speculating in grain futures and other food commodities to create shortages and raise prices. They freely admit this, saying they are just doing their job. The US and EU are also used to "dumping" their grain surpluses into countries that have little agriculture of their own to prevent it from developing, or with buying grain on the world market and selling it below cost.  Half of the grain the USA sells to the poor countries every year is in the latter category.  The recent UN report on food demands that countries ban those practices when they lead to starvation, but no one has done that yet.

Answer 5

It doesn't take an Einstein to know that if you burn food as ethanol you limit supplies for human consumption.  Limit supplies and prices rise.

If you want lower prices, end ethanol subsidies.

Answer 6

i don't think mankind have the knowledge to reverse the damage that is already done,it took many years to get us where we are at now and we don't have   the time it would take to reverse the damage or give up the thing's it would take to reverse the damage's.

Answer 7

Exactly.  They think Ethanol will solve everything, but it's pushing corn and food prices through the roof.  Get them to stop making the less efficient, more expensive to make, more consuming, and harder to transport Ethanol and we'll be fine!

Answer 8

I think your "great minds" foisted ethanol production to cause the whole problem to begin with.