Land Use A problem related to the competition for land use is whether crops should be used to produce food or fuel. (1) will be examined in this respect. Firstly, the problem should be viewed in its (2) perspective. When oil prices rose sharply in the 1970s, countries had to look for alternatives to solve the resulting crisis. In developing countries, one of the possible answers to it is to produce alcohol from (3) . This has led to a lot of research in this area particularly in the use of (4) . The use of this material resulted from two economic reasons: a (5) in its price and low (6) costs. There are other starchy plants that can be used to produce alcohol, like the (7) or the cassava plant in tropical regions, and (8) and sugar beet in non-tropical regions. The problem with these plants is that they are also the people’s staple food in many poor countries. Therefore, farmers there are faced with a choice: crops for food or for fuel. And farmers naturally go for what is more (9) . As a result, the problems involved are economic in nature, rather than technological. This is my second area under consideration. Finally, there have already been practical applications of using alcohol for fuel. Basically, they come in two forms of use: pure alcohol as is the case in (10) , and a combination of alcohol and gasoline known as gasohol in Germany.