Thursday, April 17, 2008

Quote of the day - Shining knights... and high horses?

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil weighs into the biofuel 'debate':

"Food is expensive because the world wasn't prepared to see millions of Chinese, Indians, Africans, Brazilians and Latin Americans eat. We want to discuss this not with passion but rationality and not from the European point of view."

Whether you agree or not, it is refreshing to see a statesperson actually say something that does raise the issue of some often pretty sanctimonious finger wagging with often equally suspect motives.

No comments: