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

[Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory]

Mythanol

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Or they could call it Cargrain...

or Autograss...

- T

Lee Schipper wrote:
> 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 >>>
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> This did not make it to the list last friday, so I will try again....
>
> Zvi
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> 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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