the New York Times / VeraSun / POET / Ethanol / Archer Daniels Midland / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
United States / Brazil / China / India / /
Currency
cent / USD / /
Event
Environmental Issue / /
Facility
University of Vermont / Cato Institute / Cornell University / /
IndustryTerm
oil price / optimistic energy conversion / oil price equivalent / food riots / transportation / end products / food supply / waste cooking oil / generalized energy crisis / farm machinery / end product / oil increases / potential food crops / law last year / machinery / natural gas / greater energy efficiency / oil palm / large energy loss / intensive corn production using conventional tillage systems / energy economies / peak oil / distilled alcohol products / corn/oil price ratio / oil / grain giant / burn natural gas / agricultural systems / usable electricity / energy content / food / energy / oil extraction / added processing capacity / net energy / electricity / energy gain / extent food prices / decomposition products / food value / human food / energy requirements / actual net energy gain / food crops / net energy gain / biofuel energy / oil shipments / oil prices / energy value / synthesis gas / chemicals / energy economy / oil crops / /
NaturalFeature
Oglalla Aquifer / /
Organization
University of Vermont / Monthly Review Foundation / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Political Economy Research Institute / Cato Institute / National Academy of Sciences / Cornell University / Senate / Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries / Congress / U.S. Department of Agriculture / Nixon administration / Carter administration / /
Person
FRED MAGDOFF / David Pimentel / Lester Brown / Dwayne Andreas / Robert Dole / /
Position
producer / Senator / professor emeritus / chairman / director / adjunct professor of crops and soils / /
The Political Economy and Ecology of Biofuels FRED MAGDOFF Background The huge increase in oil and other fuel prices over the last few years