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Human food used to make car fuel while people abroad starve.
They feed it to animals too! Meat eaters take note.
"An East Yorkshire biofuel plant has told Yorkshire and Lincolnshire farmers that its use of locally-produced wheat will boost their businesses. The area is one of the country's biggest producers of wheat, currently used for animal feed. Vivergo at Saltend, near Hull, said it aimed to use 1.1m tonnes of wheat per year to make renewable fuel. The high starch content of the region's wheat makes it ideal for bioethanol, the company said. Farmer and National Farmers' Union representative Ian Backhouse said: "To have a customer on our doorstep taking the volumes of wheat they're talking about is really good news for local farmers."..." "...Up to 5% of bioethanol can currently be blended with regular fuel for use in any petrol-based car engine but this may increase to 10% to meet renewable energy targets, according to the AA..." Mo http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-17288044 -- . Feed people not cars. |
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