Following up on yesterday's post here's some more biofuels from Brazil. ... read more »

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Posted on 7 March, 2007 - 18:45

Here's something that has just come over the wires. It's a statement from some of the most important social movements in Latin America, and it's a deep indictment of biofuels.

The Brazilian 'biofuels' miracle has been powered by sugar cane. All along, those in the fields have known the cost of the biofuel venture.It's often forgotten that biofuels need to be grown somewhere. And when they are, they're not grown in a mom-and-pop scatter-a-few-seeds-on-the-ground-and-soon-you'll-have-a-gas-tree sort of way. It's big, industry and monoculture. It's a multimillion dollar affair. And, in Brazil, it's an engine of exploitation and environmental destruction. Here's the text. ... read more »

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Posted on 6 March, 2007 - 19:06

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If one cares about food, and cares about eating well, and cares about making responsible, thoughtful choices, what is one to do about meat?

To start with, there are thorny ethical issues. The author of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Douglas Adams, puts his finger on the problem here. It's worth clicking the link to read the entire quote, not least because it's hilarious. The relevant part is summed up by a cow who, in the future, explains how the ethical objections to eating meat were ultimately overcome:

it was eventually decided to cut through the whole tangled problem and breed an animal that actually wanted to be eaten and was capable of saying so clearly and distinctly. And here I am. ... read more »

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Posted on 2 March, 2007 - 03:20