The biofuel bandwagon to hell is slowing down!
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Datum: 09.07.2008 01:32
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Datum: 09.07.2008 01:32
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The biofuel bandwagon to hell is slowing down! http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b53278fe-4ca2-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.html?nclick_ check=1 D8 summit calls for halt to biofuels! "The world should halt the development of biofuel crops on arable land and instead boost agricultural production to solve the global food crisis and prevent “disaster”, the Malaysian and Indonesian leaders warned on Tuesday at the opening of a developing countries summit. Abdullah Badawi, the Malaysian prime minister, said the use of arable land for biofuels “should be stopped because such action will deepen the global food scarcity and further drive up food prices”.“We must not allow the zeal for energy security to come into direct conflict with the basic need for food production,” he told the Developing Eight summit in Kuala Lumpur. The D8 comprises Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. All are prominent members of the Organisaton of the Islamic Conference. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Indonesian president, blamed “some developed countries” for exacerbating the food crisis by allowing biofuel development on arable land." ------------------- EU panel votes to lower controversial biofuel goal! "European Union lawmakers took a first step towards lowering EU biofuels targets when a European Parliament panel backed a proposal to draw just 4 percent of road transport fuels from renewable sources by 2015." http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL0833720720080708 -------------------------------- Oil price increases have not shrunk the human food supply, but biofuel production has. The more biofuels we produce, the less food we have to eat, because we grow biofuel crops, even switchgrass, using the same land, water, fertilizer, farm equipment, and labor we use to grow food. Biofuel production accelerates global warming, creates water shortages, and erodes topsoil. A new study says biofuels from cellulose sources, such as switchgrass, wood chips, crop waste, etc., will never be cost effective. See biofuel facts at - http://home.att.net/~meditation/bio-fuel-hoax.html Christopher Calder[ Auf dieses Posting antworten ]