"Poor countries use nearly all of their cereals for human food. In [[Chad]], [[Malawi]], [[Rwanda]], [[India]], for example, the number is more than 90%. **When you can only just produce enough for everyone, you can’t afford to put it into cars, or feed it to other animals**. Diverting food away from humans is a luxury. Many richer countries take this luxury to the extreme. **The amount of maize that the US puts into cars for biofuels is 50% more than the entire African continent produces**. ([Location 2592](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=2592))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[statistics]], [[food-production]], [[biofuels]], [[food-security]], [[farming]], [[poverty]], [[just-transition]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]