[sustran] Re: [Fwd: Re: Africa starts to gear up for biofuels]

[Lee Schipper]

The way some say it is
Bio fuels are less and less bio and more and more fools!

>>> Zvi Leve <zvi at inro.ca> 08/13/07 10:21 AM >>>
This did not make it to the list last friday, so I will try again....

Zvi

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Subject: 	Re: [sustran] Africa starts to gear up for biofuels
Date: 	Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:00:09 -0400
From: 	Zvi Leve <zvi at inro.ca>
To: 	edelman at greenidea.info
CC: 	Global 'South' Sustainable Transport 
<sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>
References: 	<46BB35BD.5070306 at greenidea.info>



Furthermore, the amount of energy which goes into /producing/ bio-fuels 
is not negligible. It is by no means certain that using these "renewable 
sources" as an alternative energy/fuel source is sustainable. Here is an 
interesting blog piece about producing "*Ethanol from Corn: Neither 
Renewable nor Reliable"* http://conversationsdesalon.blogspot.com/

We need to use /less/ energy, not only find alternative sources!

Zvi

Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory wrote:
>   *Africa starts to gear up for biofuels
>
> ....
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