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A World Bank report finds that biofuel pushed food prices up around the globe by nearly 75%:
The damning unpublished assessment is based on the most detailed analysis of the crisis so far, carried out by an internationally-respected economist at global financial body.
The figure emphatically contradicts the US government’s claims that plant-derived fuels contribute less than [...]
Very rough overlay of graphs showing the value of the dollar (in black and numbers on left) to the real price per barrel of oil (in red and numbers on right). Cyan is nominal value per barrel of oil. For personal reference more than anything else.
(Sources: Dollar graph from here. Oil graph from [...]
Even though he denies it, the idea of John McCain personally roughing up commies makes me respect the man more.