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Will Biotechnology Solve the World Food Crisis?

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The current crises in energy and food have followed eerily similar paths. The founding of OPEC and the exponential rise in crude oil prices during and after the 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict produced a short-lived emphasis in the U.S. with fuel efficiency and smaller automobiles. These were predominantly imported from Japan and U.S. automakers were unable to compete despite government efforts to encourage conservation, such as mandated fuel efficiency standards, "gas guzzler" taxes, and the 55 mph speed limit. But during the 1980's and 1990's, as the relative cost of gasoline in the U.S. fell, U.S....

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).