EU Starves For Global Warming Biofuels
Less people equals less pollution,. Right? E.U. politics at work:
The EU Commission on Monday rejected claims that producing biofuels is a “crime against humanity” that threatens food supplies, and vowed to stick to its goals as part of a climate change package.
“There is no question for now of suspending the target fixed for biofuels,” said Barbara Helfferich, spokeswoman for EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas.
“You can’t change a political objective without risking a debate on all the other objectives,” which could see the EU landmark climate change and energy package disintegrate, an EU official said.
Their comments came amid growing unease over the planting of biofuel crops as food prices rocket and riots against poverty and hunger multiply worldwide.
UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food Jean Ziegler told German radio Monday that the production of biofuels is “a crime against humanity” because of its impact on global food prices.
Food or people?
April 20th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Simple innit, more people gotta die from starvation etc. so less people will die from all the people who went an died breathing all the lovely fresh air that is uncontaminated by their presence and the lovely bio-fuels, which caused em to snuff it in the first place…….fukin loada bollox!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 20th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Gandolf, you always express yourself so clear and nicely
I personally think that bio-fuel is no solution whatsoever [if there's a problem at all, but that's a much longer discussion...]. After all, isn’t “oil” vegetable too???? And, indeed, plants should be to feed people, not cars. Right. Off to the MM thread again.