Choose the right biofuel or the orang-utan gets it
www.greenpeace.org.uk : Whіlе biofuels сουld mаkе a small contribution іn thе battle against climate change, іt сουld іn fact dο more harm thаn ехсеllеnt. If rainforests аrе сυt down tο mаkе way tο grow ‘green fuels’, іt wіll nοt οnlу rυіn homes fοr animals lіkе thе orang-utans, thіѕ wіll аlѕο bе catastrophic fοr thе climate releasing more greenhouse gases frοm destroying forests thаn wіll bе saved bу using biofuels.
What pisses me off about all of this is that algae is thousands of era more efficient then corn to make biofuel out of and 20-30 era more efficient then palm (not mention its not a food and can be grown anywhere). Yet the bush administration caved to pressure from farmer associations to make corn the crop of choice. Obtuse obtuse obtuse…
if i just posted ten or twenty comments, i do apologize…they dont seem to be getting posted so I’ve tried repeatedly. apologies if this is the case.
hey cutting down a rainforest to grow bio fuel is prevents global warming…according to dumbass bureaucrats
Please try in some way to raise money and donate to save the Orangutans. Go to Google and type in Orangutan and you will find several excellent organizations to donate to. Thanks.
Jean Ziegler, United Nations Unique Rapporteur on the Right to Food, who has called on governments to temporarily stop the drive for biofuel production. The sociology professor at the University of Geneva and the University of Sorbonne branded the production of biofuels a “crime against humanity” at a time when land, produce and investments are being diverted from food production despite widespread hunger in some parts of the world.
The Establishment for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a scathing report Sept. 11 calling for a dramatic drawdown in the subsidies and preferential trade laws granted to biofuel producers in OECD countries. In Europe, Friends of the Earth hailed the report, saying it has focused attention on the negative issues surrounding biofuels, while libertarian groups applauded its call for a reduction in subsidies.
==like ancient cooking oil but only a small one.==
Yeah, by small you mean “Much less than 1%”
For the US it would only meet about 0.7% of contemporary demand.
gristmill. grist. org/ tale/2007/8/9/161921/0550
Thats a rather faustian bargain to trade a less than 1% solution (Which is only a tiny percent of total emissions), for increasing deforestation, which is over 20% of the global problem.
More than all of China’s emissions collective.
the ecology system is struggling… human is doing the hurt. i’m not so sure how far the ‘heart of borneo declaration’ meant to protect one of the last pieces of nature will succeed… will this suggest they can do anything outside the confined area? curious.
I reckon people are more valuable than orang-utans. The alternative to new palm oil plantations for bio-fuel is bio-fuel from food crops currently being eaten by humans. Enough of your heartless neo-colonialism!
i agree…
Next time
Isn’t the EU going to impose ethical ratings on biofuels from beyond its shores? You can read more about the enviromental impacts of biofuels at the Huge Biofuels Blog. (shameless self promotion)
I’m very glad to see GreenPeace taking a balanced view.
The Biofuel industry must be managed well if we are to dodge downsides like this – it’s not as harmless as some mark it.
Fuck biofuel!
Oh, yes, they are going to mulch up rain forrests for our cars…
seriously…
Greenpeace,
If you read many of greflcn’s comments on many biodiesel videos here, you’d know. Also, his URLs are all being re-routed to another URL, so he can change the web pages that they bring up, at any time.
Spam URLs aside, I reckon we’re all saying the same thing, aren’t we? I don’t know enough about algae so can’t comment there though.
OMG! I have tears in my eyes!!
greyflcn, you forgot to add one of your spam URLs to this post…
Speaking of GreenPeace
greenpeace. org/ international/ press/ reports/ eating-up-the-amazon
I guess they are spamming “cynical disinformation” too.
So sorry to crush your pleased thoughts with stark reality.
The irony being,
This video is about Malaysian Palm Oil.
Seattle gets a large part of it’s biodiesel from Malaysian Palm Oil.
greyfalcon. net/ palmoil
Soy? That’d be tearing down the Amazon rainforrest. Bounty of biodiversity there.
greyfalcon. net/ soy
Hell even corn is causing more soy to be planted in the Amazon. (And the biodiverse cerrados)
greyfalcon. net/ soy2
And the enforcement against deforrestation in the Amazon is practically nill.
greyfalcon. net/ soy3
ignore the youtube poster greyflcn – he spams every biodiesel video with his cynical disinformation and spam.
YES to Biodiesel from ALGAE!
Keep up the fantastic work, Greenpeace UK!
not even waste biomass, like ancient cooking oil? but then there’s not enough to support our insatiable appetite for fuel, which is why we say biofuels are a part of an energy solution, but only a small one. once they become industrially-produced, then they become a problem.