This is an excerpt from a Reuters article that represents an "educated" trend I have noticed lately. On the surface it seems like a good thing to do, but is it really a good choice? Should we grow food to feed our cars and machines, while we are having difficulty feeding the children of man?
Scientists Urge Shift to Non-Food Crops
Mon Jun 21, 2004 09:19 AM ET
By Jeremy Lovell
LONDON (Reuters) - Farmers of the world must shift quickly to growing plants for industrial uses such as oils and plastics to replace petrochemicals as the climate warms and crude supplies run out, British scientists said on Monday.
"In the next 20 to 50 years we have to reverse our dependency on fossil fuels," said Alison Smith of Britain's John Innes plant research center. "We must breed for sustainability."
Scientists Urge Shift to Non-Food Crops
Mon Jun 21, 2004 09:19 AM ET
By Jeremy Lovell
LONDON (Reuters) - Farmers of the world must shift quickly to growing plants for industrial uses such as oils and plastics to replace petrochemicals as the climate warms and crude supplies run out, British scientists said on Monday.
"In the next 20 to 50 years we have to reverse our dependency on fossil fuels," said Alison Smith of Britain's John Innes plant research center. "We must breed for sustainability."
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