http://culturematters.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/biofuels-and-indigenous-peoples/ Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://culturematters.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/biofuels-and-indigenous-peoples/#comment-2912 Jovan Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:09:48 +0000 http://culturematters.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/biofuels-and-indigenous-peoples/#comment-2912 Thanks for posting the link Flash. I totally agree, though as I've noted in a previous post, biofuels aren't even good at reducing greenhouse gases. Some estimates have put their production of C02 and other greenhouse gases at about four times that of regular petrol when you take deforestation and other effects into account. So not only are they forcing up the prices of basic staples, leading to every greater deforestation and impacts on indigenous peoples, they're also doing the reverse of what they're intended to do. Thanks for posting the link Flash. I totally agree, though as I’ve noted in a previous post, biofuels aren’t even good at reducing greenhouse gases. Some estimates have put their production of C02 and other greenhouse gases at about four times that of regular petrol when you take deforestation and other effects into account. So not only are they forcing up the prices of basic staples, leading to every greater deforestation and impacts on indigenous peoples, they’re also doing the reverse of what they’re intended to do.

]]> http://culturematters.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/biofuels-and-indigenous-peoples/#comment-2907 flash Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:11:14 +0000 http://culturematters.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/biofuels-and-indigenous-peoples/#comment-2907 Biofuels is one of those buzzwords that many people, sadly, are unaware of its larger impacts. Thanks for posting this, the biofuel market is growing and impacting indigenous peoples everywhere. Another example, from West Papua can be found on the <a href="http://indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com/2007/10/biofuel-and-its-non-sustainable-impacts.html" rel="nofollow">Indigenous Issues Today</a> news blog. We need "clean" energy, not just an alternative "fuel" source. Biofuels is one of those buzzwords that many people, sadly, are unaware of its larger impacts. Thanks for posting this, the biofuel market is growing and impacting indigenous peoples everywhere. Another example, from West Papua can be found on the Indigenous Issues Today news blog. We need “clean” energy, not just an alternative “fuel” source.

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