http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/05/28/use-biofuel-kill-an-orangutan/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/05/28/use-biofuel-kill-an-orangutan/comment-page-1/#comment-60982 Blue Crab Boulevard » And Reality Sets In Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:57:21 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/05/28/use-biofuel-kill-an-orangutan/#comment-60982 [...] The impetus from the true believers to "do something" with no forethought whatsoever; the kneejerk genuflection to the Al Gore cult is going to have devastating results on the people of this planet who can least afford it. The sanctimonious pontifications of the indulgence sellers - oh, sorry - carbon traders - will sentence a huge number of people and animals to a horrible death. Gaia worship is all about human loathing, nothing more. And the new boss will be much more ruthless and uncaring than the old boss. That should be evident. It is already happening. Ask the orangutans. Ask the poor people in Columbia. Ask the forests. Oh that's right, you can't. [...] [...] The impetus from the true believers to "do something" with no forethought whatsoever; the kneejerk genuflection to the Al Gore cult is going to have devastating results on the people of this planet who can least afford it. The sanctimonious pontifications of the indulgence sellers – oh, sorry – carbon traders – will sentence a huge number of people and animals to a horrible death. Gaia worship is all about human loathing, nothing more. And the new boss will be much more ruthless and uncaring than the old boss. That should be evident. It is already happening. Ask the orangutans. Ask the poor people in Columbia. Ask the forests. Oh that's right, you can't. [...]

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/05/28/use-biofuel-kill-an-orangutan/comment-page-1/#comment-60714 Blue Crab Boulevard » Who’s Going To Pay For All This? Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:27:02 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/05/28/use-biofuel-kill-an-orangutan/#comment-60714 [...] There are enormous amounts of money in play on this. Government subsidies in the form of tax breaks or outright payments, skyrocketing prices for food - across the board because corn is used in a lot of consumer products. What isn't mentioned in this article is the enormous energy overhead involved here. It takes almost as much energy to produce a gallon of biofuel as is produced. Add to that the increased worldwide demand for "biodiesel" that is causing the deaths of both orangutans and humans and the deforestation of incredibly large area (funded by China) and the costs begin to loom even larger - and not just in terms of cash. [...] [...] There are enormous amounts of money in play on this. Government subsidies in the form of tax breaks or outright payments, skyrocketing prices for food – across the board because corn is used in a lot of consumer products. What isn't mentioned in this article is the enormous energy overhead involved here. It takes almost as much energy to produce a gallon of biofuel as is produced. Add to that the increased worldwide demand for "biodiesel" that is causing the deaths of both orangutans and humans and the deforestation of incredibly large area (funded by China) and the costs begin to loom even larger – and not just in terms of cash. [...]

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/05/28/use-biofuel-kill-an-orangutan/comment-page-1/#comment-60543 Blue Crab Boulevard » Go Green, Kill A Peasant Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:16:43 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/05/28/use-biofuel-kill-an-orangutan/#comment-60543 [...] Palm oil: it's not just good for killing orangutans, its also good for eradicating peasants. Armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of palm oil, a biofuel that is being promoted as an environmentally friendly source of energy. [...] [...] Palm oil: it's not just good for killing orangutans, its also good for eradicating peasants. Armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of palm oil, a biofuel that is being promoted as an environmentally friendly source of energy. [...]

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