tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112292.post-27293058541433871372008-04-20T06:19:00.003+08:002008-04-20T06:23:07.179+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_0ogdGvC6has/SApwZL1Sv5I/AAAAAAAABb4/SRY1R_mXHYU/s1600-h/biofuels-cartoon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 427px; height: 290px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_0ogdGvC6has/SApwZL1Sv5I/AAAAAAAABb4/SRY1R_mXHYU/s320/biofuels-cartoon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191085098473275282" border="0" /></a><br />I found this cartoon and comment on a site I view from time to time called <a href="http://transitionculture.org/">Transition Culture.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It feels appropriate that I should mark the day when the </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/biofuel-the-burning-question-808959.html">UK government makes it law that all petrol and diesel must contain at least 2.5% of biofuel </a><span style="font-style: italic;">in some way. In his usual frank and thorough way, George Monbiot </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/15/food.biofuels">tells it like it is in today’s Guardian</a><span style="font-style: italic;">; </span><em style="font-style: italic;">“In the midst of a global humanitarian crisis, we have just become legally obliged to use food as fuel. It is a crime against humanity, in which every driver in this country has been forced to participate”.</em><span style="font-style: italic;"> The most appropriate way I can mark this day of momentous stupidity is with the above powerful and to the point cartoon which Richard Heinberg used in his presentation at Findhorn recently.</span>Vawzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16774212495246396460noreply@blogger.com