Comments on: UN panel issues statement on biofuels http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/un-panel-issues-statement-on-biofuels/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The unintended effects of biofuel production « All About Biology http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/un-panel-issues-statement-on-biofuels/comment-page-1/#comment-3464 The unintended effects of biofuel production « All About Biology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:05:46 +0000 http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3464 [...] UN panel issues statement on biofuels (energyrefuge.com) [...] [...] UN panel issues statement on biofuels (energyrefuge.com) [...]

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]]> By: The unintended effects of biofuel production « Bioscience Blog http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/un-panel-issues-statement-on-biofuels/comment-page-1/#comment-3452 The unintended effects of biofuel production « Bioscience Blog Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:01:30 +0000 http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3452 [...] sites to make way for biofuel crops, could lead to further deforestation, and eventually cause more carbon dioxide gas being release to the [...] [...] sites to make way for biofuel crops, could lead to further deforestation, and eventually cause more carbon dioxide gas being release to the [...]

]]> By: Richard http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/un-panel-issues-statement-on-biofuels/comment-page-1/#comment-3405 Richard Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:53:51 +0000 http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3405 It's nice to know that a lot of people have been pushing efforts to make planet earth a better place. With biofuels, and all other alternative resources for energy, we might be able to curb the growing problem that is global warming and at the same time preserve the ecosystems of the world. The Earth's natural forces such as wind, hydro and solar power are limitless and effective ways to gain energy. So unless the winds stop blowing, the seas stop roaring or the sun dies out, there'll always be a place to go for energy. Kudos mother earth! It’s nice to know that a lot of people have been pushing efforts to make planet earth a better place. With biofuels, and all other alternative resources for energy, we might be able to curb the growing problem that is global warming and at the same time preserve the ecosystems of the world. The Earth’s natural forces such as wind, hydro and solar power are limitless and effective ways to gain energy. So unless the winds stop blowing, the seas stop roaring or the sun dies out, there’ll always be a place to go for energy. Kudos mother earth!

]]> By: redapes http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/un-panel-issues-statement-on-biofuels/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 redapes Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:33:04 +0000 http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3385 Thanks for posting about palm oil. Around 90% of the global supply comes from Indonesia and Malaysia, and this has come at a tremendous cost. The forests of Borneo and Sumatra are being razed to the ground-- releasing so much carbon into the atmosphere that Indonesia now ranks only behind China and US in carbon emissions-- and it is barely industrialized. The UNEP estimates that the forests of Indonesia are being cleared at a rate of 6 football fields per minute every minute of every day. The palm oil industry is guilty of the most heinous ecological atrocities imaginable, including the systematic genocide of orangutans. The forests of Borneo and Sumatra are the only place where these gentle, intelligent creatures live, and the cultivation of palm oil has directly led to the brutal deaths of thousands of individuals as the industry has expanded into previously undisturbed areas of forest. When the forest is cleared, adult orangutans are typically shot on sight. These peaceful, sentient beings are beaten, burned, mutilated, tortured and often eaten. Babies are torn off their dying mothers so they can be sold on the black market as illegal pets to wealthy families who see them as status symbols of their own power and prestige. This has been documented time and again. Visit the Orangutan Outreach website to learn more: www.redapes.org Thanks for your time! Thanks for posting about palm oil. Around 90% of the global supply comes from Indonesia and Malaysia, and this has come at a tremendous cost. The forests of Borneo and Sumatra are being razed to the ground– releasing so much carbon into the atmosphere that Indonesia now ranks only behind China and US in carbon emissions– and it is barely industrialized. The UNEP estimates that the forests of Indonesia are being cleared at a rate of 6 football fields per minute every minute of every day.

The palm oil industry is guilty of the most heinous ecological atrocities imaginable, including the systematic genocide of orangutans. The forests of Borneo and Sumatra are the only place where these gentle, intelligent creatures live, and the cultivation of palm oil has directly led to the brutal deaths of thousands of individuals as the industry has expanded into previously undisturbed areas of forest.

When the forest is cleared, adult orangutans are typically shot on sight. These peaceful, sentient beings are beaten, burned, mutilated, tortured and often eaten. Babies are torn off their dying mothers so they can be sold on the black market as illegal pets to wealthy families who see them as status symbols of their own power and prestige. This has been documented time and again.

Visit the Orangutan Outreach website to learn more: http://www.redapes.org

Thanks for your time!

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