But it has been proven that in many cases the combined production of energy and food enhances both, enhances the economics of the situation as well as the infrastructure, so it can benefit food production. Technologically speaking I think we're pretty ready. The main constraint to the use of biomass fuels is the price. The energy price agenda in the world needs to be revised because there's no way the Climate Change Convention can be implemented under the present prices of oil. As things stand now, fossil fuels are very cheap, so many of these renewable sources cannot compete.
Oil now is cheaper than ten years ago in real terms.
There has to be some kind of agreement that that price is false. It doesn' t take into account the cost of the whole cycle. If one takes into account the cost of exploring, extracting, refining, as well as the environmental damage, and compares it to the cost of biomass fuels, these become much more attractive. The cost of cleaning the atmosphere is going to be a lot more expensive than helping biomass fuels come into the market now. We are talking in terms of an environment friendly price platform.