The biofuel bandwagon to hell is slowing down!
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b53278fe-4ca2-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.html?nclick_=
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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 =93disaster=94, 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 =93should be stopped because such action will deepen
the global food scarcity and further drive up food prices=94.=93We must
not allow the zeal for energy security to come into direct conflict
with the basic need for food production,=94 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 =93some
developed countries=94 for exacerbating the food crisis by allowing
biofuel development on arable land."
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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 trans****t fuels from renewable sources by
2015."
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL0833720720080708
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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
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