news bulletin – answers

Brazil defends its biofuel boom

questions

1. What was top of the agenda? the increase in food prices
2. Where was the conference held? in Brasilia
3. Where were ‘biofuels’? in the firing line
4. What are the problems with biofuels? they use up land that would otherwise be used for food and they are contributing to the destruction of the Amazon rain forest
5. Who is the largest exporter of ethanol? Brazil
6. What is this product made from? sugar cane
7. What is not a ‘villain’? biofuel
8. How are biofuels an ‘essential instrument’? because they generate income
9. What foods mentioned have become very expensive across the globe? bread and milk
10. What percentage of sugar cane is used for biofuel production in Brazil? less than 1%