http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2009/01/29/international-renewable-energy-agency-founded-in-germany-with-75-member-nations-data-gathering-policy-advocacy-among-central-missions-2/ The world's most widely-read biofuels daily Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2009/01/29/international-renewable-energy-agency-founded-in-germany-with-75-member-nations-data-gathering-policy-advocacy-among-central-missions-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2278 drogbakanu Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:04:00 +0000 http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/?p=9503#comment-2278 The world should welcome the formation of this new organization, but the impression that this new outfit is out to compete with the International Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency is wrong. The three organizations should work together on energy issues. And by the way, if this new outfit is out to safeguard the interests of poor countries, why was it launched in Germany? Why didn't the brains behind this initiative not do the launching in Nairobi, Kenya or Amman Jordan? There should be no antagonism in efforts to develop sustainable sources of energy. This has always been my position and has expounded on it on my blog GMO Africa Biofuels. Take the case of cellulosic ethanol; countries need to cooperate in the development of <a href="http://www.gmoafrica.org/category/biofuels" rel="nofollow">cellulosic ethanol</a> because the world needs it. The world should welcome the formation of this new organization, but the impression that this new outfit is out to compete with the International Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency is wrong. The three organizations should work together on energy issues. And by the way, if this new outfit is out to safeguard the interests of poor countries, why was it launched in Germany? Why didn’t the brains behind this initiative not do the launching in Nairobi, Kenya or Amman Jordan? There should be no antagonism in efforts to develop sustainable sources of energy. This has always been my position and has expounded on it on my blog GMO Africa Biofuels. Take the case of cellulosic ethanol; countries need to cooperate in the development of cellulosic ethanol because the world needs it.

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