Biofuels group hits back at Nestle after food price attack

摘要

The biofuels industry has issued a robust response to Nestle chairman Peter Bra beck-Letmathe's claims last week that it was the cause of high food prices. In an interview with the BBC, Brabeck said biofuel production was putting pressure on food supplies by using land and water resources that would have been used for arable crops. "If no food was used for fuel, the prices would come down again - that is very clear," he said. Brabeck said biofuels were only affordable because of high subsidies, especially in the US. "There is one demand that I have, and that is not to use food for fuel," Brabeck said.