Re: EU admits it was wrong about biofuels.

On 14 Jan, 11:36, "Gizmo." <To...@pondlife.now> wrote:
> "PeterT" <peterthomas8...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:00:50 -0800 (PST), Doug <jag...@riseup.net>
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> >>Told you so! Now admit I was right all along, you motorists.
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> >>"EU rethinks biofuels guidelines
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> >>Europe's environment chief has admitted that the EU did not foresee
> >>the problems raised by its policy to get 10% of Europe's road fuels
> >>from plants.
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> >>Recent reports have warned of rising food prices and rainforest
> >>destruction from increased biofuel production.
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> >>The EU has promised new guidelines to ensure that its target is not
> >>damaging.
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> >>EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said it would be better to
> >>miss the target than achieve it by harming the poor or damaging the
> >>environment.
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> >>Clampdown promised
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> >>A couple of years ago biofuels looked like the perfect get-out-of-jail
> >>free card for car manufacturers under pressure to cut carbon
> >>emissions.
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> >>Instead of just revolutionising car design they could reduce transport
> >>pollution overall if drivers used more fuel from plants which would
> >>have soaked up CO2 while they were growing.
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> >>The EU leapt at the idea - and set their biofuels targets.
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> >>Since then reports have warned that some biofuels barely cut emissions
> >>at all - and others can lead to rainforest destruction, drive up food
> >>prices, or prompt rich firms to drive poor people off their land to
> >>convert it to fuel crops..."
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> >>More:
> >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7186380.stm
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> > But why do you still hold a drivers licence?
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> I believe the old duffer is 74, therefore he must have renewed his licence
> twice since the original expired on his 70th birthday.-

According to this article in the Independent, Doug Bollen was 71 in
December 2003, so he must be at least 75 now.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20031226/ai_n12718526

Doug, however, denies that the Doug Bollen mentioned in the article is
him.