On Mar 24, 5:30 pm, [email protected] wrote: "Why is Jatropha better?" - - - - - - - Jatropha is most certainly not better; it is a nightmare for the environment and the poor native peoples of Asia. Jatropha is effectively a giant toxic monster weed which will have a destructive impact on wildlife and biodiversity, and will be almost impossible to get rid of once planted, thus destroying the future farming potential of the land.
See the two sites below for details. http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKHKG7593720070912 http://www.navdanya.org/news/5dec07.htm Christopher Calder http://home.att.net/~meditation/bio-fuel-hoax.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
