Is the diversion of foodstuffs into biofuels causing a rise in the cost of food? Yes it is. How much, you may wonder? According tho the World Bank - 75%. According to Oxfam - 30%. According to the Bush administration - 3%. Anybody smell a lack of even mediocre science somewhere in this? How about political expediency? The story via Der Spiegel, who reports that the World Bank estimate was kept quiet to avoid embarrassing the Bush administration.