I would walk 100 miles
Alternative View By Angela Michielsen Somewhere between 1500 and 3000 miles (or 2400 to 4800 km) is the...
Angela Michielsen
Peaking out: make changes before we run out of oil
Alternative View By Angela Michielsen “Peak oil” is the point when the world will have used half of...
Breaking the binary: does disability exist?
Alternative View By Angela Michielsen Male/female. Caucasian/non-Caucasian. Straight/gay. Able/disabled. Civilized/savage. Rich/poor. Rational/emotional. Mind/body. Normal/abnormal. All of these pairs...
Reading between the labels
Alternative View By Angela Michielsen Consumers have power. Using buying power in a capitalist economy as an active...
Running on empty: how biofuels are powering a world food crisis
Tempers are flaring in Haiti, Egypt and elsewhere around the world as grain prices rise out of reach. Haiti’s prime minister was fired Saturday and the government introduced a rice subsidy aimed at defusing the hungry rage that has triggered violence and looting.
A scarcity of supply is one of the main reasons for the price increase, and the move to replace fossil fuels – which contribute to global warming – with “cleaner” biofuels is one of the key factors in making food scarcer. The move to biofuels has increased the demand and price for biofuel sources, including corn, wheat and soybeans, and monopolizes on land used to grow other food products.
A scarcity of supply is one of the main reasons for the price increase, and the move to replace fossil fuels – which contribute to global warming – with “cleaner” biofuels is one of the key factors in making food scarcer. The move to biofuels has increased the demand and price for biofuel sources, including corn, wheat and soybeans, and monopolizes on land used to grow other food products.