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moss Aug 14, 2007 12:44:45
Replying to Pursued By Trees

Biofuels are not the answer - less use of energy is the first port of call.
National Express buses have just pulled out of using biofuels because of the controversy that is beginning to wage round them.. More land used for biofuel means less land for wheat and maize grown in America, ask the poor countries of the world what they want, Mexico is already experiencing difficulties with the high price of maize (for tortillas I presume). The link below is probably one of hundreds pointing out the high cost of biofuel not only on the eco system of this world but also to those that can't afford the price of basic food.....

http://www.alternet.org/environment/54218/

P Pursued By Trees
Pursued By Trees Aug 14, 2007 13:42:29
Replying to moss

Thank you! That was a most informative and thought-provoking read.

Certainly it's pretty obvious that reducing consumption is going to be the key factor in any move toward a more globally sustainable and fairer system. I can also see the sense of more locally-based food and energy production and distribution systems.

I do wonder how it can ever come about when the people with the political/economic power and global reach to inaugurate (or prevent) change on any meaningful scale are the ones profitting so massively from the status quo and even the further expansion of global capital.

Certainly it seems to me that change would have to be in stages ... kind of a ramp-down in energy consumption and shift in production rationales and systems ... then again ... we got to where we are now in stages ... some more rapid and momentous than others.