My thinking on Bio-fuels is that rather than being a threat to food availability, they may be a saviour if should something catastrophic happen to some of the worlds major crop producers.
The reason I say this is because a significant amount of feedstock must be stored somewhere to keep the factories running months after harvest - until the next harvest comes around. What we have is a stockpile that has a use (rather than a "just in case") that can be commandeered for food if necessary.
The demand from biofuels creates the demand and profitability in the short term to gear up to the grain production that will be required in the future as population expands. It would be preferable to continue this way and be ahead with production than trail from behind. The implication being hunger if we can't catch up.
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