On arrival activists were told by security that the plant was empty and not operating, however when several activists entered the site, at least twenty workers dressed in boiler suits came out to meet them. Although the gates were shut campaigners remained for approximately one hour to talk with staff and local residents. Police attended but no arrests were made.
D1 Oils plc. have used palm, soya and rapeseed oil to make bio-diesel. Now they have joined forces with corporate giant BP, aiming to acquire and plant one million hectares of land with supposed 'wonder crop' Jatropha, within four years. For information on the real impact of this crop and other agro-fuels check out www.biofuelwatch.org.uk
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life equals climate chaos ?
10.02.2008 12:18
Come on. Seriously. What's going on? Why suggest that fuels based on photosynthesis cause climate chaos when in fact they generally do the opposite. It is the wholesale destruction of old growth / tropical forests (among other factors) that are leading us down the path of destruction - not biofuels as such.
When you remove biofuels from the possible toolbox of energy solutions for the future you leave the door wide open for the bogus 'hydrogen economy' and the nuclear industry to step in to save the day. Biofuels can be a sustainable solution, please don't demonise them totally.
simplistic nonsense
Biofuels and food
10.02.2008 12:28
Either way, they are not part of the solution.
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pretty much, yup
10.02.2008 14:09
To use emotionalism and simplistic arguments to say plants are good, and if you don't like them, oooh, you're responsible for hydrogen and nuke shit is utter bollocks.
How about energy efficiency, small-scale renewables and all the other practical suggestions many many people are making, you demon.
really simplistic nonsense