Re: [MBZ] Forests paying the price for biofuels

2005-11-27 Thread Donald Snook
Redghost wrote: "feed them lead paint, partially hydrogenated foods, make them smoke, eat meat, go to discos, and drink, a BUNCH." That sounds like Thanksgiving (and Christmas and Easter and Arbor Day and flag day and maybe any given Tuesday) at my parent's house! Donald H. Snook

Re: [MBZ] Forests paying the price for biofuels

2005-11-24 Thread TimothyPilgrim
Funny, I would've applied most of those qualities to Americans... Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 11/23/05, redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > feed them lead paint, partially hydrogenated foods, make them smoke, > eat meat, go to discos, and drink, a BUNCH. > > Then we can call them europeans and ignor

Re: [MBZ] Forests paying the price for biofuels

2005-11-24 Thread redghost
feed them lead paint, partially hydrogenated foods, make them smoke, eat meat, go to discos, and drink, a BUNCH. Then we can call them europeans and ignore the whole mess On Wednesday, November 23, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Peter Frederick wrote: THat is pure right-wing oil company propaganda. The

Re: [MBZ] Forests paying the price for biofuels

2005-11-23 Thread TimothyPilgrim
Perhaps the solution is to educate all those "saved" children. Educated cultures have lower birthrates than illiterate ones, so it would slow their growth. But wait, as they become educated and literate, they become consumers. Soon these third world countries will be raised out of the gutters, but

Re: [MBZ] Forests paying the price for biofuels

2005-11-23 Thread Peter Frederick
THat is pure right-wing oil company propaganda. The forests are being cut for lumber, farm land, and MONEY. Most of the damage is a result of the huge overpopulation of the thrids world. We "saved" all the children in the 60's and now there are nearly ten times as many people, who all, of cou

Re: [MBZ] Forests paying the price for biofuels

2005-11-22 Thread Hendrik Riessen
- Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 5:41 AM Subject: [MBZ] Forests paying the price for biofuels Another one... --R http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns

[MBZ] Forests paying the price for biofuels

2005-11-22 Thread Rich Thomas
Another one... --R http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18825265.400&feedId=online-news_rss20 Forests paying the price for biofuels * 22 November 2005 * NewScientist.com news service * Fred Pearce THE drive for "green energy" in the developed world is having the perverse