Let Them Eat Cake

If the European Union was killing people with guns, our left would urge war to save those people under the guidance of Responsibility to Protect. But since people will die because of bio-fuels, it's OK for them to die.

This is morally repulsive, isn't it?

The EU Commission on Monday rejected claims that producing biofuels is a "crime against humanity" that threatens food supplies, and vowed to stick to its goals as part of a climate change package.

"There is no question for now of suspending the target fixed for biofuels," said Barbara Helfferich, spokeswoman for EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas.

"You can't change a political objective without risking a debate on all the other objectives," which could see the EU landmark climate change and energy package disintegrate, an EU official said.

Their comments came amid growing unease over the planting of biofuel crops as food prices rocket and riots against poverty and hunger multiply worldwide.

UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food Jean Ziegler told German radio Monday that the production of biofuels is "a crime against humanity" because of its impact on global food prices.

Indeed, mere people can't get in the way of maintaining the entire package of objectives!

So poor people are going hungry because rich countries are turning their food into fuel? Well, let them eat cake!

Well, unless cake is made useful for bio-fuels, of course. Then no cake for them, either.

Poor people in Third World countries better hope that our scientists come up with corn fracking soon.

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