Chapter 1 GEOGRAPHY: AN EXPLORATION OF CONNECTIONS

World Looks To Ethanol To Erase Fossil Fuel Dependency

After watching the World Looks To Ethanol To Erase Fossil Fuel Dependency video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. Joachim von Braun believes that diverting grain to make fuel could raise food prices by

10-15%

20-25%

30-50%

50-75%

2. About how many people in the world have about $1 to spend each day on food?

500 million

1 billion

2 billion

3 billion

3. Von Braun believes that the world needs to

Invest in technology that will increase grain production

Stop using grains and other biomass to make fuel

Stop using fossil fuels

Change diets

4. Lester Brown believes that growing crops for biodiesel will not help developing countries because

The technology is bound to fail

Farmers in developing countries are incapable of growing such crops

Most developing countries must import food and thus have no capacity to spare

The land in developing countries is unfit for farming