carbon sources
I really get the feeling that we need to wear our sharp pointy skeptic noses… everything eco, bio, green, soft and fuzzy isn’t always backed by sound environmental ethics… take bio-diesel fuel for example.
from a cute little guardian article recommended by peter:
“Between 1985 and 2000,” it [was] found: “the development of oil-palm plantations was responsible for an estimated 87 per cent of deforestation in Malaysia”. In Sumatra and Borneo, some 4 million hectares of forest have been converted to palm farms. Now a further 6 million hectares are scheduled for clearance in Malaysia, and 16.5 million in Indonesia.[…][The british government:]Knowing that the creation of this [bio diesel]market will lead to a massive surge in imports of palm oil, knowing that there is nothing meaningful it can do to prevent them, and knowing that they will accelerate rather than ameliorate climate change, the government has decided to go ahead anyway.
perhaps the worst part is the role of govenments with money blinding their insight and leading to their destructive decisions.
As BP is saying:
Its time to go on a low Carbon diet.
