Re: EU admits it was wrong about biofuels.

"webreader" <websitereader@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> On Jan 15, 5:40 am, Doug <jag...@riseup.net> wrote:
>> On 14 Jan, 17:14, Fod <friendsofde...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Jan 14, 4:49 pm, Doug <jag...@riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>> > > On 14 Jan, 12:46, Fod <friendsofde...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > > On Jan 14, 7:00 am, Doug <jag...@riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>> > > > > Told you so! Now admit I was right all along, you motorists.
>>
>> > > > > "EU rethinks biofuels guidelines"
>>
>> > > > Thats odd, I didn't think your position was the same as mine. 
>> > > > Which
>> > > > is that Biofuels are a force for good but they need to be properly
>> > > > managed.  The EU has now realised this management of them is 
>> > > > failing
>> > > > and is trying to address that.  I've also said that biofuels are
>> > > > currently causing the problems you describe and that the early hope 
>> > > > I
>> > > > had for them is fading given the problems.  If the problems can be
>> > > > solved I'm back to supporting them.  The EU is the same; they want 
>> > > > to
>> > > > use biofuels but don't want to cause problems by doing so.
>>
>> > > > And I though you were just against biofuels full stop.  Always good 
>> > > > to
>> > > > find out we actually agree.
>>
>> > > I am against existing biofuels and the greenwash used by vested
>> > > interests to promote them. If and when it becomes possible on a large
>> > > scale to produce fuels from cellulose or other waste and this does 
>> > > not
>> > > require large amounts of energy to produce then they might become
>> > > viable.
>>
>> > Well at least we still both broadly agree.
>>
>> Yes, this is surprising, though I would suggest that, even with viable
>> biofuels, the continued expansion of car use in the UK is in no way
>> sustainable on a number of levels.
>>
>> I am heartened by the fact that various authorites have finally seen
>> through the biofuel greenwash and have at last confronted the issue.
>> This is a victory for common sense over corporate greed and motorist
>> bullshit.
>>
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>> "The car, more of a toilet than a convenience".
>
> I love the smell of bullshit in the morning

Coincidently, Doug posts most of his messages of "wise" in the mornings. 
Spooky huh

;o)