Yeah, yeah, so it’s an inflammatory headline. But that was at least the gist. The real story is here, from Canada.com.

The UN official was Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food Jean Ziegler, who told German radio last Monday production of biofuels for ethanol drives up food prices. Government subsidies and environmental regulations induce farmers to switch from growing crops for food to biofuels instead. As food shortages lead to riots and widespread panic across the globe, leaving millions at risk, the politics of food is crowding out the war on terrorism as the No. 1 security concern. Granted, biofuels are not the only cause of rising prices, but along with soaring energy costs, increased demand in emerging economies, subsidies, and crop failure from climate change, biofuels are only making matters worse.

Wow, the biofuel bandwagon is looking pretty empty this morning.