 Ruth Kelly   Biofuels Are Causing Misery for Millions and
Costing UK Consumers  Posted: 20/09/2012 00:00  They were touted
as the solution to climate change but they have ended up making
it worse, depriving millions of people of food, land and water -
and UK consumers are paying the price at the pump. Replacing
fossil fuels with biofuels has backfired and only big business
is benefitting.  In 2009 EU governments agreed that 10 percent
of transport fuel sold in the EU would come from renewable
sources by 2020, with almost all of the quota expected to be met
using biofuels made from food crops. But the rush to meet the
target has contributed to a surge in food prices and land grabs,
resulting in greater hunger and malnutrition in poor countries.
Summer 2012 saw corn and soy prices hit record highs in the wake
of the worst drought to hit the US in fifty years. This is the
third major spike in international food prices in five years,
leaving millions in the poorest countries struggling to make
ends meet. At sam