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Slaying the myths: facts you should know; Issue of the week Biofuels Campaign.(News)
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Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
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April 15, 2008
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We don't have enough crops to produce food and biofuels.
Worldwide there is plenty of arable land (uncultivated) that can be used for producing crops. The new market for crops provided by biofuels will ensure that farmers in the UK and in developing countries, get fair prices.
If we use crops for biofuels, people will go hungry.
There is huge potential worldwide for additional land to be used to produce crops, and for growers to become efficient. ...