But Lester Brown at the Earth Policy Institute in Washington says demand for fuel crops is pushing up food prices.

但华盛顿地球政策研究所的勒斯特·布朗说对燃料作物的需求会促使粮食价格上涨。

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In the Globalist Perspective, Lester Brown predicted less than a year ago that automobiles would absorb the largest part of the increase in world grain production in 2006.

约一年前，莱斯特·布朗在《全球视野》中预言说，汽车将汲取2006年世界粮食产量的大部分。

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Lester Brown, founder of Worldwatch Institute and now headof the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, believes food shortages couldcause a collapse of global civilization.

世界观察研究所创始人莱斯特·布朗（Lester Brown）现为华盛顿地球政策研究所负责人。 他认为，食品短缺会导致全球文明崩溃。

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Lester Brown and his team at Earth Policy Institute have we believe correctly identified the weakest link in global economics with respect to climate: food security.

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The obsession with grain self-sufficiency is a holdover from Maoism that is encouraged by enviro-scaremongers such as the Earth Policy Institute's Lester Brown, who warns that China must prepare for food shortages.

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"The sheer scale of the economic activity in China means that pollution is as probably bad as it has ever been anywhere in the world, ever, " Lester Brown, head of Washington-based Earth Policy Institute, told CNN.

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