Don't think you can relax just because the IAASTD report warns against the biofuels rush, and recommends treating GM crops with caution.
WELCOME TO THE CRAZY WORLD OF GM AND BIOFUELS
Or how to profit out of a crisis you yourself created
QUESTION: Who kicked off the 'biofuels' boom that's triggered soaring food prices and a whole host of other unintended consequences?
ANSWER: George W. Bush.
QUESTION: Who lobbied for this disastrous policy?
ANSWER: Big agribiz, the biotech industry, big oil and the motor industry.
QUESTION: Who have been the principal beneficiaries of this disastrous policy?
ANSWER: Big agribiz and Monsanto.
QUESTION: Who warned against such a policy and predicted the consequences?
ANSWER: Many in the environmental movement. GM Watch started publishing warnings about the dangers of the GM industry's promotion of so called 'biofuels' as far back as 2005. Groups like Friends of the Earth warned about the dangers of biofuels right from the start.
CONCLUSION?
The obvious conclusion that governments should be drawing from the 'biofuels' debacle is that there are very grave dangers in being swept away by industry lobbying and adopting policies based on hyperbole about simplistic technofixes *ahead of the evidence*. This has very clear implications for GM.
BUT pro-GMers are trying to exploit the current crisis to argue exactly the opposite by totally inverting the truth.
THE CRAZY WORLD OF THE GM PROMOTERS
QUESTION: Who's responsible for the 'biofuels' fiasco?
ANSWER: 'The greens' who 'joined forces' with George Bush to create a food shortage that today threatens millions in poor countries with hunger and starvation.'
QUESTION: Who paved the way for this disastrous policy?