UN Rights Expert: Biofuels Violate Human Rights

Looks like the debate is beginning to brew. I brought it up in this post, A Non-Original Thought. Now Jean Ziegler, a UN rights expert, has said it in a speech. Via Swiss Info we have this:

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food says the production of biofuels violates basic human rights.

Switzerland's Jean Ziegler said more than 850 million people across the world were suffering from hunger and malnutrition – 12 million more than a year ago.

So in all good conscience with 850 million human beings suffering from hunger and malnutrition, can we honestly derive ethanol fuel from a human food substance such as corn? Or should we work instead on converting biomass or switch grass to fuel. But this even calls into question the fertile land that will be necessary to grow large volumes of switch grass. It's a tricky problem and my conscience is with Mr. Ziegler.