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scooter
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posted 03 July 2007 06:56 PM      Profile for scooter     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
We starve the poor nations to produce a few tonnes less green house gases.

Bolivian president Evo Morales, echoing previous comments from Cuban President Castro and Venezuelan President Chavez, has condemed the use of food corn for biofuel.

Bolivia: No Food for Biofuels

Some background material.

Biofuels: The Five Myths of the Agro-fuels Transition


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Bubbles
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posted 03 July 2007 07:29 PM      Profile for Bubbles        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
What next? A car for the fat-cats that runs on lipo-sucktion and flatulance. Get to eat and drive.
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laine lowe
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posted 03 July 2007 09:27 PM      Profile for laine lowe     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Bubbles:
What next? A car for the fat-cats that runs on lipo-sucktion and flatulance.

That would be preferable to using crops that should be designated to feeding people.


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