De skyldes både strukturelle og midlertidige faktorer - og EU's nuværende produktion af biobrændsel har rent faktisk meget lille betydning for de nuværende globale fødevarepriser: De nyeste skøn viser, at ca. 1 % af EU's landbrugsjord bruges til biobrændsel.
They spring both from structural and temporary factors - and the current EU biofuel production has actually very little impact on the current global food prices, with the latest estimations we have stating that approximately 1% of the land within the European Union is used for biofuels.