Comments on: Today in Biofuels Opinion: “If we let Brazil help us solve our problem at the price of more rainforest destruction, have we really gained anything?” http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2009/06/03/today-in-biofuels-opinion-if-we-let-brazil-help-us-solve-our-problem-at-the-price-of-more-rainforest-destruction-have-we-really-gained-anything/ 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 By: galonga http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2009/06/03/today-in-biofuels-opinion-if-we-let-brazil-help-us-solve-our-problem-at-the-price-of-more-rainforest-destruction-have-we-really-gained-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-2758 galonga Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:11:12 +0000 http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/?p=12342#comment-2758 Joelle´s comments hit the nail right on the head, and I´d like to add that clinton´s talk just shows how nervous the big oil companies are on these new technologies which, btw, nobody knows why they are not getting into (money they have!), such as petrobras and BP are doing very well. Joelle´s comments hit the nail right on the head, and I´d like to add that clinton´s talk just shows how nervous the big oil companies are on these new technologies which, btw, nobody knows why they are not getting into (money they have!), such as petrobras and BP are doing very well.

]]> By: Joelle Brink http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2009/06/03/today-in-biofuels-opinion-if-we-let-brazil-help-us-solve-our-problem-at-the-price-of-more-rainforest-destruction-have-we-really-gained-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 Joelle Brink Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:57:09 +0000 http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/?p=12342#comment-2749 Bill seems a bit out of date. If he read Biofuels Digest he would be aware that Colombia is now the most efficient sugar cane to ethanol producer in the world according to the USDA, and Brazil is already seeing results from its reforestation program. (Note to Bill's staff: subscribe to BFD and make %$#&! sure he reads it before holding forth on biofuels again.) It's this kind of clueless preaching at "developing countries" that is causing them to write the US off a little more each year. The US is now just another member of the Group of 20 developed nations on the same footing as the Brazil, India, and South Africa, the economic "Big Three" of the southern hemisphere. All have measures in place to reduce CO2 and other emissions, and all have land and forest conservation programs. And as the Indian Government likes to point out, it's the US that needs to sacrifice its enormously wasteful and polluting lifestyle if catastrophic climate change is to be averted. Bill seems a bit out of date. If he read Biofuels Digest he would be aware that Colombia is now the most efficient sugar cane to ethanol producer in the world according to the USDA, and Brazil is already seeing results from its reforestation program.

(Note to Bill’s staff: subscribe to BFD and make %$#&! sure he reads it before holding forth on biofuels again.)

It’s this kind of clueless preaching at “developing countries” that is causing them to write the US off a little more each year.

The US is now just another member of the Group of 20 developed nations on the same footing as the Brazil, India, and South Africa, the economic “Big Three” of the southern hemisphere. All have measures in place to reduce CO2 and other emissions, and all have land and forest conservation programs.

And as the Indian Government likes to point out, it’s the US that needs to sacrifice its enormously wasteful and polluting lifestyle if catastrophic climate change is to be averted.

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