Ronald Bailey on Fossil Fuels and Food Sovereignty at the Rio +20 Earth Summit
Environemntal actvists at the Rio +20 Earth Summit point out that the world's governments subsidzed consumption and production of fossil fuels to the tune of $1 trillion per year. Indian activists properly decried Indian government subsidized exports of grain to rich countries, but they also hate modern agriculture and want food sovereignty. Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey hates all subsidies and favors modern agriculture.
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