So I came across this article from CNN about Biofuels and their unintended consequences.  Mainly that they raise the costs of, well, let's let the U.N. tell us how it is.

Speaking at a regional forum on bioenergy, Regan Suzuki of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization acknowledged that biofuels are better for the environment than fossil fuels and boost energy security for many countries.

OK that's sounds right.  Dislocate your shoulder and admit no fault, it's for the greater good. Let's sneak that problem in... right now.

However, she said those benefits must be weighed against the pitfalls -- many of which are just now emerging as countries convert millions of acres to palm oil, sugar cane and other crops used to make biofuels. 

"Biofuels have become a flash point through which a wide range of social and environmental issues are currently being played out in the media," Suzuki told delegates at the forum, sponsored by the U.N. and the Thai government.

Why is it that when opponents of global warming climate change said that we needed more time and studies, they were called names and run out of building?  It's seems that they right in their non haste.

But in recent months, scientists, private agencies and even the British government have said biofuels could do more harm than good. Rather than protecting the environment, they say energy crops destroy natural forests that actually store carbon and thus are a key tool in the fight to reduce global warming.

THE OZONE IS FAILING! IT"S GETTING TO HOT!! WE"RE GOING TO DIE!!! SAVE THE PLANET!!!! BIOFUELS ARE THE WAY TO SALVATION!!!!! ARGHHH!!!!!!  What?  what's that?  quiet it down people.  Biofuels are destroying the  planet and certain capitalist pigs are getting rich of this crisis.  What  OUTRAGE!!! How can this be?

Foremost among the concerns is increased competition for agricultural land, which Suzuki warned has already caused a rise in corn prices in the United States and Mexico and could lead to food shortages in developing countries.

Isn't it amazing, that despite the evidence they site in their own study, they blame the rising cost of corn in the US and Mexico on land grabbers.  Isn't it more like that it could be the policies that were in acted in the name of children and the poor?  Look no one wants to destroy the planet or keep people hungry, but when not all facts are looked at completely, you end up in situations of unintended consequence. 

Oh and by the way they are hitting the US in otherways as well.  Just check the cost of your eggs, milk and cheese next time your at the market.