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Deborah Koff Ross: are we not affecting other market forces, food crops, food sources and supplies when we are using an edible fuel crop…

On the recordMay 23, 2011
are we not affecting other market forces, food crops, food sources and supplies when we are using an edible fuel crop for a fuel source?
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

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Ross questions the impact of using food crops for biofuels on food supply.

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