Maybe...no, not really. Since when do Socialists (including the enviros) behave logically?
That’s not environmentalists but people wantig to get rid of oil dependency and longing for more efficiency. Nothing bad with that.
What makes Soy expensive is a thing called derivatives. There’s those who trade soy and those who need soy. They both could get along quite well.
Then there’s those trading the options to buy on a certain date on a cerain price. These guys make the most of the money nowadays - it’s not soy that is to rare or biofuel that uses to much soy - it’s the high price for derivative contracts - and that’s an indirect result of the cheap dollar.
It’s inflation in just another dress.