Re: [Biofuel] Kyoto program `gutted' by Tories - Toronto Star - 2007.02.15

[AltEnergyNetwork]

Is it any wonder that all conservative governments seem to to think along 
similar lines.
The same old tired mantra. Kyoto will "destroy the economy...cost jobs" and 
it's all just hot air anyway. Echos of Bush. Harper's had to have a rethink 
about "green" policies though. Rumour has it that Mulroney took him aside and 
had a long talk with him about the environment and reportedly told him that he 
had better start taking pro environmental policies seriously because he would 
lose many voters if he didn't. These days he is trying to "appear" as 
environmentally responsable as possible but yesterday the conservs voted 
against new legislation
that would oblige them to abide by Kyoto.
 All three opposition parties supported it and won but last night, various 
senior conservative hacks were
saying that they would ignore it. This from "the law and order" party. Later 
Harper stated that they would obey the new law expected to be passed by the 
senate. Much more "greenwashing" and politically correct
 but empty retoric from these guys (and girls) coming soon. Hypocrites.

regards
tallex







>  ---Original Message---
>  From: Darryl McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  Subject: [Biofuel] Kyoto program `gutted' by Tories - Toronto Star - 
> 2007.02.15
>  Sent: 16 Feb '07 01:18
>  
>  http://www.thestar.com/News/article/182027
>  
>  Key office that invests in green projects in developing countries down
>  to two staff
>  
>  February 15, 2007
>  Allan Woods
>  Ottawa Bureau
>  
>  OTTAWA-The Conservative government has gutted a key office set up under
>  the Kyoto protocol that allows Canadian companies to offset greenhouse
>  gas emissions by investing in green projects in developing countries,
>  the Toronto Star has learned.
>  
>  Foreign Affairs, which runs the program, refused repeated requests by
>  the Star for current staffing levels in the Clean Development Mechanism
>  office, compared with staff numbers before 2006, when the federal Tories
>  came to power. But those who have worked with the office said it has
>  dropped to "one or two" people, from about 25 people in the fall of
>  2005.
>  
>  "(The Conservative government) started laying them off almost
>  immediately when they got into power last spring. I think by the summer
>  the place was gutted," said Dirk Brinkman, head of a Vancouver-based
>  reforestation company that develops such projects.
>  
>  He said the office helped its counterparts in developing countries and
>  worked with companies here as well.
>  
>  The Conservatives have long complained about plans by their Liberal
>  predecessors to invest in "hot air credits" abroad. The Tories also have
>  criticized the idea that Canada could clean up the atmosphere here by
>  funding environmentally sound projects in Russia or South America.
>  
>  The Kyoto accord allows developed countries to trade emissions credits
>  with other developed countries. It also allows developed nations to fund
>  green projects in developing countries.
>  
>  Canada's office was set up in 1998 to work on the latter initiative. The
>  Kyoto tool is to help countries like China and India avoid building
>  their economies in the way developed countries have done, with
>  coal-based technologies, said Stewart Elgie, a law professor with the
>  University of Ottawa's Institute of the Environment.
>  
>  "It's essential that poor countries grow their economies in low-emission
>  ways and the clean development mechanism is the way to achieve that," he
>  said.
>  
>  The Conservatives came under fire last year for removing all references
>  to climate change projects and the Kyoto accord from the Environment
>  Canada website. The government was also criticized for cancelling
>  funding 15 climate change programs, including the popular One-Tonne
>  Challenge and the EnerGuide home efficiency program. It said the
>  programs did not produce results.
>  
>  A Tory source told the Star that, while a few projects under the
>  emissions credit banner might have been in the early stages of
>  development when the Conservatives took power, nothing was "ready to
>  go."
>  
>  "They were pushing for it, but they were not in place," the source said
>  of the projects the office was working on early last year. "I've seen
>  one project that could look like a CDM project, but it wasn't clearly
>  identified as such."
>  
>  Any request for funding related to such a project was a non-starter in
>  the government's eyes, the source said.
>  
>  "Clearly, the indication was that if you want government money for that,
>  it will not go ahead." John Drexhage of the Ottawa-based International
>  Institute for Sustainable Development said that so far, the government
>  has only said it will not buy emissions credits directly as a
>  government.
>  
>  "The government has yet to clarify whether it's going to allow industry
>  to participate in global trading," he said. "I would hope that they not
>  take away that option.

Re: [Biofuel] USDA Tells Ranchers Non-Corn Ethanol a Priority

[Terry Dyck]

Hi Keith,

There is a company in Vancouver, BC, I believe they are called, Dynamotive, 
who make a product they call Bio Oil.  They make it from wood waste.

Terry Dyck


>From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] USDA Tells Ranchers Non-Corn Ethanol a Priority
>Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:28:36 +0900
>
>Hi Terry
>
> >Hi Keith,
> >
> >Using wood waste to create bio-fuel will kill 2 environmental birds
> >with one stone.  The air pollution from burning slash left over from
> >logging operations is causing health problems from poor air quality.
> >If we produce biofuel from the slash instead of burning it there
> >will be 2 benefits to the environment.
> >
> >Terry Dyck
>
>No doubt, but right now it's pie in the sky. Unless you're going to
>use h2so4, which you're not going to do. No argument about the amount
>of feedstock available, but where's the technology? People seem to
>regard it as doable, as if ethanol from all this slash/whatever is
>something you can put in your tank and go. But...
>
> >>Anyone know where you can actually buy some cellulosic ethanol? Or
> >>biodiesel from algae? LOL!
>
>They may well be just around the corner, but they've been just around
>the corner for a long time. As of now, they don't exist.
>
> >>The ethanol production process can use grasses, woody plants, and
> >>wood waste, he said.
>
>There is no such ethanol production process that is actually
>producing ethanol for the market. Unless someone says they just
>bought some, in which case hooray. But I think not.
>
>More smoke and mirrors:
>
>White House: US Cuts Emissions Better than Europe
>http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/40267/story.htm
>
>LOL!
>
>Best
>
>Keith
>
>
>
> >>From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
> >>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
> >>Subject: [Biofuel] USDA Tells Ranchers Non-Corn Ethanol a Priority
> >>Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 01:58:07 +0900
> >>
> >>Let them eat grass...
> >>
> >>Ooops, they're going to make ethanol out of all the grass too.
> >>
> >> >The ethanol production process can use grasses, woody plants, and
> >> >wood waste, he said.
> >>
> >>Anyone know where you can actually buy some cellulosic ethanol? Or
> >>biodiesel from algae? LOL!
> >>
> >>--
> >>
> >>http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/40154/story.htm
> >>
> >>USDA Tells Ranchers Non-Corn Ethanol a Priority
> >>
> >>US: February 5, 2007
> >>
> >>NASHVILLE, Tenn., - US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns assured US
> >>cattle producers on Friday that the government will work hard to
> >>encourage other ways of making ethanol to give them relief from high
> >>corn prices.
> >>
> >>The price of corn, an important cattle feed, have sped higher as more
> >>of the grain goes to making the biofuel ethanol.
> >>
> >>"That is why the Farm Bill proposes a very strong federal commitment
> >>to accelerating our research into cost-effective ways of producing
> >>cellulosic ethanol from biomass," Johanns said during his address at
> >>the convention here of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the
> >>largest US cattle group.
> >>
> >>The ethanol production process can use grasses, woody plants, and
> >>wood waste, he said.
> >>
> >>The proposed 2007 Farm Bill released last week recommends US$1.6
> >>billion in new funding over the next 10 years targeted at the
> >>development of cellulosic ethanol. It also proposes US$2.1 billion in
> >>guaranteed loans for cellulosic projects and construction of plants
> >>in rural areas.
> >>
> >>"This constitutes a strong commitment to nailing down the knowledge
> >>and building the infrastructure we must have to meet a much larger
> >>share of our energy needs," said Johanns.
> >>
> >>A US$500 million portion of that US$1.6 billion will be used for
> >>grants to develop new energy sources, possibly methane gas from
> >>livestock waste, he said.
> >>
> >>"All of that could be a part of this initiative," he said.
> >>
> >>In a press conference following his speech, Johanns said he supported
> >>exploring the use of sugar cane and sugar beets to make ethanol.
> >>
> >>SOUTH KOREA "FRUSTRATING"
> >>
> >>Reopening export markets for US beef has been a priority for the
> >>NCBA. Overseas markets closed in December 2003 after the United
> >>States reported its first case of mad cow disease.
> >>
> >>Many markets have reopened, with some restricting the type of beef
> >>they will accept. South Korea, once the third largest overseas buyer
> >>of US beef, is one that remains closed.
> >>
> >>Last year, South Korea lifted its ban on US beef, but tight
> >>restrictions on bone chips and other material has prevented imports
> >>from reaching consumers. The United States has been in talks to
> >>restart beef sales to South Korea, and more talks are scheduled next
> >>week.
> >>
> >>"The situation in Korea has been frustrating. I'm not giving up. Our

Re: [Biofuel] Campbell's Green Dream: To reduce emissions by 33 %: Can

[Dawie Coetzee]

Again urban form is merely glossed over.

Darryl: the electrics you list sound valid, being low-speed delivery vehicles 
(good old milk floats?), but electric-assisted handcarts would be better, given 
the right operating environment.

-D

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Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun


Thursday, February 15, 2007


British Columbia motorists in particular, and the transportation sector
in general, are going to face a tight squeeze if the province hopes to
come anywhere close to the greenhouse gas reduction targets proposed
this week by the provincial government.

On a per-capita basis, residents of this province are already among the
lowest emitters in Canada, thanks in large part to a wealth of
hydroelectric power resources that don't contribute to global warming.

In Tuesday's throne speech, the government promised to reduce the
province's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 33 per cent below
current levels by 2020.

B.C.'s current annual greenhouse gas output is about 66 million tonnes,
so the province has to find ways to cut 22 million tonnes -- 33 per cent
-- and stick to that target despite one of the fastest population growth
rates in Canada.

The province is still working out a formula for reaching that target --
in fact, it's still working on short-term measures or 'interim' targets
that point the way to future gains.

In the throne speech, the government promised to tackle emissions coming
from every sector, including agriculture, commercial activity,
residential energy consumption and methane emissions from landfills.

However, those four sectors only account for 24 per cent of B.C.
greenhouse gas emissions, and any gains there will be more symbolic than
substantial.

The biggest potential gains in B.C. lie in the transportation sector,
primarily the automobile.

Nationally, transportation-related activities account for about 30 per
cent of the nation's greenhouse gas totals -- compared to 41 per cent in
B.C.

Transportation plays a disproportionately large role in B.C. for two
reasons, according to Simon Fraser University energy economist Mark
Jaccard, in his book The Cost of Climate Policy.

The absence of coal-fired electricity generation facilities -- which are
the No. 1 source of power in North America -- are one reason the B.C.
transportation sector looms relatively larger as a polluter here on the
West Coast.

The other reason, Jaccard notes, is lack of good public transit and a
congested road system in the Lower Mainland, home to most of the
province's 2.6 million motorists.

Greater Vancouver has "the highest average commuting time and one of the
lowest rates of public transit use and walking in Canada," Jaccard
wrote.

Both Jaccard and Guy Dauncey, president of the B.C. Sustainable Energy
Association, worry that the government's continued commitment to its
Gateway transportation and port development strategy will undermine its
emission efforts by attracting more single-occupancy vehicles to an
expanded Lower Mainland road network.

Dauncey says an improved public transit system could have the same
effect of improving travel times for the movement of goods around the
region -- without the cost of building new transportation
infrastructure.

Ultimately, a major reduction in emissions will have to come from a
greater commitment by auto manufacturers to build more fuel-efficient,
hybrid, and electric-powered vehicles.

B.C. doesn't have the economic muscle to compel such a transformation --
although Dauncey suggests that California's recent announcement of
higher fuel efficiency requirements could make it happen.

Widespread adoption of electric cars would put a major dent in
emissions, almost overnight.

"The sheer efficiency of an electric vehicle strategy is stunning,"
Dauncey said. "It would only cost $10 a month to run if you drive 10,000
miles a year. There is a huge energy saving for the consumer, and all of
that money is no longer leaving the province.

"All the money we spend at gas stations leaves the province, and goes
off to Saudi Arabia or somewhere. When we use locally generated
electricity, all that money stays in the province."

Ian Bruce of the David Suzuki Foundation suggested B.C. has the
jurisdiction to enact other strategies that would help push auto
emissions lower.

"B.C. could follow many of Quebec's climate protection solutions to
reduce transportation emissions," Bruce said, citing a carbon-pollution
tax on bulk sales of oil and "a significant long-term funding commitment
to public tran

Re: [Biofuel] RFID dust

[Jason& Katie]

electronics so small, and finely detailed are notoriously EMF sensitive. a good 
sized carrier spike (like AM interference from lightning) would most likely 
seriously hurt the reciever, and probably any amplifiers or power sinks 
associated with the RF activated electronics.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Kirk McLoren 
  To: biofuel 
  Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:19 PM
  Subject: [Biofuel] RFID dust


  Hitachi's Tiny RFID Chips
  from the bugged-dust dept.
  posted by kdawson on Thursday February 15, @13:05 (Privacy)
  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/15/1715210

  "Hitachi has just come out with a new crop of RFID tags, measuring only 1/20 
of a millimeter square. That's 1/8 the size (in linear dimension) of Hitachi's 
currently shipping mu-chips, which are 0.4 mm square. The new chip's width is 
slightly smaller than a human hair. These chips could put an end to shoplifting 
forever, but they could also be used by a governments or other entities to 
'dust' crowds or areas, easily tagging anyone present without their knowledge 
or consent. Will someone come up with a surefire way of neutralizing chips that 
may be on your body or in your clothing?" Hard to pin down a source on this. 
The article cites another blog, which points to an article in Japanese. 


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[Biofuel] RFID dust

[Kirk McLoren]

Hitachi's Tiny RFID Chips
from the bugged-dust dept.
posted by kdawson on Thursday February 15, @13:05 (Privacy)
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/15/1715210

  "Hitachi has just come out with a new crop of RFID tags, measuring only 1/20 
of a millimeter square. That's 1/8 the size (in linear dimension) of Hitachi's 
currently shipping mu-chips, which are 0.4 mm square. The new chip's width is 
slightly smaller than a human hair. These chips could put an end to shoplifting 
forever, but they could also be used by a governments or other entities to 
'dust' crowds or areas, easily tagging anyone present without their knowledge 
or consent. Will someone come up with a surefire way of neutralizing chips that 
may be on your body or in your clothing?" Hard to pin down a source on this. 
The article cites another blog, which points to an article in Japanese. 

 
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Re: [Biofuel] The Anti-Empire Report

[Zeke Yewdall]

I can't quite remember the details any more, but I seem to remember that
they were in a pretty odd position beforehand, which prevented them from
being able to kill only a few hundred Europeans.  Jared Diamonds two books
"Guns, Germs, and Steel", and "Collapse" had lots of stuff -- but I just
don't recall the details any more.

Same think with the Roman empire -- technically it fell to the barbarians,
but only because it was almost ready to collapse already.

Z

On 2/15/07, Jason& Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 i thought the South American empires were wiped out by the europeans
before they had the chance to kill themselves off?

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You mean the Roman Empire.   Or any of the south american ones.  Or.


Nah, we are "civilized" now I tell you.  It could never happen to us.

Z

On 2/15/07, Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> And witness how our entertainment media is obsessed with violent and
> scandalous subject matter, our sports become increasingly violent and
> individual members of our society tend toward increasing levels of
> egocentricity and self indulgence.  Didn' similar things happen in the times
> leading up to the collapse of previous empires?
>
> Joe
>
> D. Mindock wrote:
>
> snip
>
>  A truly civilized country wouldn't need a Bill of Rights. But our
> Decider is
> trashing it anyway, along with the original document. The war on
> terrorism has rapidly devolved into a war onto
> the very things that are essential to a civilized country. I think we
> are back at the level of barbarism...
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Re: [Biofuel] The Anti-Empire Report

[Jason& Katie]

i thought the South American empires were wiped out by the europeans before 
they had the chance to kill themselves off?
  - Original Message - 
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  You mean the Roman Empire.   Or any of the south american ones.  Or.   

  Nah, we are "civilized" now I tell you.  It could never happen to us.

  Z


  On 2/15/07, Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And witness how our entertainment media is obsessed with violent and 
scandalous subject matter, our sports become increasingly violent and 
individual members of our society tend toward increasing levels of 
egocentricity and self indulgence.  Didn' similar things happen in the times 
leading up to the collapse of previous empires?

Joe

D. Mindock wrote:

snip


  A truly civilized country wouldn't need a Bill of Rights. But our Decider 
is
  trashing it anyway, along with the original document. The war on 
terrorism has rapidly devolved into a war onto
  the very things that are essential to a civilized country. I think we are 
back at the level of barbarism...
  
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Re: [Biofuel] The Anti-Empire Report

[Zeke Yewdall]

You mean the Roman Empire.   Or any of the south american ones.  Or.

Nah, we are "civilized" now I tell you.  It could never happen to us.

Z

On 2/15/07, Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 And witness how our entertainment media is obsessed with violent and
scandalous subject matter, our sports become increasingly violent and
individual members of our society tend toward increasing levels of
egocentricity and self indulgence.  Didn' similar things happen in the times
leading up to the collapse of previous empires?

Joe

D. Mindock wrote:

 snip

 A truly civilized country wouldn't need a Bill of Rights. But our Decider
is
trashing it anyway, along with the original document. The war on terrorism
has rapidly devolved into a war onto
the very things that are essential to a civilized country. I think we are
back at the level of barbarism...


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[Biofuel] Kyoto program `gutted' by Tories - Toronto Star - 2007.02.15

[Darryl McMahon]

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/182027

Key office that invests in green projects in developing countries down
to two staff

February 15, 2007
Allan Woods
Ottawa Bureau

OTTAWA-The Conservative government has gutted a key office set up under
the Kyoto protocol that allows Canadian companies to offset greenhouse
gas emissions by investing in green projects in developing countries,
the Toronto Star has learned.

Foreign Affairs, which runs the program, refused repeated requests by
the Star for current staffing levels in the Clean Development Mechanism
office, compared with staff numbers before 2006, when the federal Tories
came to power. But those who have worked with the office said it has
dropped to "one or two" people, from about 25 people in the fall of
2005.

"(The Conservative government) started laying them off almost
immediately when they got into power last spring. I think by the summer
the place was gutted," said Dirk Brinkman, head of a Vancouver-based
reforestation company that develops such projects.

He said the office helped its counterparts in developing countries and
worked with companies here as well.

The Conservatives have long complained about plans by their Liberal
predecessors to invest in "hot air credits" abroad. The Tories also have
criticized the idea that Canada could clean up the atmosphere here by
funding environmentally sound projects in Russia or South America.

The Kyoto accord allows developed countries to trade emissions credits
with other developed countries. It also allows developed nations to fund
green projects in developing countries.

Canada's office was set up in 1998 to work on the latter initiative. The
Kyoto tool is to help countries like China and India avoid building
their economies in the way developed countries have done, with
coal-based technologies, said Stewart Elgie, a law professor with the
University of Ottawa's Institute of the Environment.

"It's essential that poor countries grow their economies in low-emission
ways and the clean development mechanism is the way to achieve that," he
said.

The Conservatives came under fire last year for removing all references
to climate change projects and the Kyoto accord from the Environment
Canada website. The government was also criticized for cancelling
funding 15 climate change programs, including the popular One-Tonne
Challenge and the EnerGuide home efficiency program. It said the
programs did not produce results.

A Tory source told the Star that, while a few projects under the
emissions credit banner might have been in the early stages of
development when the Conservatives took power, nothing was "ready to
go."

"They were pushing for it, but they were not in place," the source said
of the projects the office was working on early last year. "I've seen
one project that could look like a CDM project, but it wasn't clearly
identified as such."

Any request for funding related to such a project was a non-starter in
the government's eyes, the source said.

"Clearly, the indication was that if you want government money for that,
it will not go ahead." John Drexhage of the Ottawa-based International
Institute for Sustainable Development said that so far, the government
has only said it will not buy emissions credits directly as a
government.

"The government has yet to clarify whether it's going to allow industry
to participate in global trading," he said. "I would hope that they not
take away that option."

Even so, the government has effectively penalized companies looking to
use the credit program to reduce their greenhouse gases by preventing
those firms from tapping into the expert assistance. Drexhage said help
is also available from private firms.

Brinkman said his reforestation company has up to $100 million in
projects under development that would lead to "millions of tonnes of
tradable (emissions) credits." The company is developing such projects
for companies in countries including Spain and Italy, he said.

At a special committee examining the government's environmental
legislation this week, Drexhage raised the case of 45 such projects in
Ukraine and Russia. He said the projects have achieved greenhouse gas
reductions equalling 93 megatonnes through initiatives focused on energy
efficiency and capturing "fugitive emissions" from the oil and gas
sectors.

"When it comes to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, not only
do the emissions not have borders, neither do the emissions reductions,"
he said. "From a global environmental perspective, a tonne of CO2
reduced here is the same as a tonne of CO2 reduced in Brazil or anywhere
else."



-- 
Darryl McMahon
It's your planet.  If you won't look after it, who will?

The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy (now in print and eBook)
http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/

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[Biofuel] Campbell's Green Dream: To reduce emissions by 33 %: Can he deliver? - Vancouver Sun - 2007.02.15

[Darryl McMahon]

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=078ca5ad-e025-4ed1
-b349-1d99b1fd539f

Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun


Thursday, February 15, 2007


British Columbia motorists in particular, and the transportation sector
in general, are going to face a tight squeeze if the province hopes to
come anywhere close to the greenhouse gas reduction targets proposed
this week by the provincial government.

On a per-capita basis, residents of this province are already among the
lowest emitters in Canada, thanks in large part to a wealth of
hydroelectric power resources that don't contribute to global warming.

In Tuesday's throne speech, the government promised to reduce the
province's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 33 per cent below
current levels by 2020.

B.C.'s current annual greenhouse gas output is about 66 million tonnes,
so the province has to find ways to cut 22 million tonnes -- 33 per cent
-- and stick to that target despite one of the fastest population growth
rates in Canada.

The province is still working out a formula for reaching that target --
in fact, it's still working on short-term measures or 'interim' targets
that point the way to future gains.

In the throne speech, the government promised to tackle emissions coming
from every sector, including agriculture, commercial activity,
residential energy consumption and methane emissions from landfills.

However, those four sectors only account for 24 per cent of B.C.
greenhouse gas emissions, and any gains there will be more symbolic than
substantial.

The biggest potential gains in B.C. lie in the transportation sector,
primarily the automobile.

Nationally, transportation-related activities account for about 30 per
cent of the nation's greenhouse gas totals -- compared to 41 per cent in
B.C.

Transportation plays a disproportionately large role in B.C. for two
reasons, according to Simon Fraser University energy economist Mark
Jaccard, in his book The Cost of Climate Policy.

The absence of coal-fired electricity generation facilities -- which are
the No. 1 source of power in North America -- are one reason the B.C.
transportation sector looms relatively larger as a polluter here on the
West Coast.

The other reason, Jaccard notes, is lack of good public transit and a
congested road system in the Lower Mainland, home to most of the
province's 2.6 million motorists.

Greater Vancouver has "the highest average commuting time and one of the
lowest rates of public transit use and walking in Canada," Jaccard
wrote.

Both Jaccard and Guy Dauncey, president of the B.C. Sustainable Energy
Association, worry that the government's continued commitment to its
Gateway transportation and port development strategy will undermine its
emission efforts by attracting more single-occupancy vehicles to an
expanded Lower Mainland road network.

Dauncey says an improved public transit system could have the same
effect of improving travel times for the movement of goods around the
region -- without the cost of building new transportation
infrastructure.

Ultimately, a major reduction in emissions will have to come from a
greater commitment by auto manufacturers to build more fuel-efficient,
hybrid, and electric-powered vehicles.

B.C. doesn't have the economic muscle to compel such a transformation --
although Dauncey suggests that California's recent announcement of
higher fuel efficiency requirements could make it happen.

Widespread adoption of electric cars would put a major dent in
emissions, almost overnight.

"The sheer efficiency of an electric vehicle strategy is stunning,"
Dauncey said. "It would only cost $10 a month to run if you drive 10,000
miles a year. There is a huge energy saving for the consumer, and all of
that money is no longer leaving the province.

"All the money we spend at gas stations leaves the province, and goes
off to Saudi Arabia or somewhere. When we use locally generated
electricity, all that money stays in the province."

Ian Bruce of the David Suzuki Foundation suggested B.C. has the
jurisdiction to enact other strategies that would help push auto
emissions lower.

"B.C. could follow many of Quebec's climate protection solutions to
reduce transportation emissions," Bruce said, citing a carbon-pollution
tax on bulk sales of oil and "a significant long-term funding commitment
to public transit, including rail and buses."

B.C.'s other major emission source, its industrial sector, has already
made huge reductions in its emissions.

Emissions from the province's pulp and paper mills and sawmills are 39
per cent lower than they were in 1979.

Jock Finlayson of the Business Council of B.C. said it's possible that
pulp mills can squeeze out further gains if they find a way to employ
more biomass -- mainly wood waste -- to generate heat and energy to
support their manufacturing processes.

Wood waste is considered a sort of 'free fuel' by climate scientists
because it releases the same amount of carbon dioxide whether you burn
it as 

Re: [Biofuel] Marijuana Called Top U.S. Cash Crop

[Jason& Katie]

if they tax it as hard as cigarettes, there would be plenty of money left 
after the rehab programs for infrastructure to ship it...
- Original Message - 
From: "Mike Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Marijuana Called Top U.S. Cash Crop


> So let's legalize it,, knock out the drug gangs, and tax it, using the
> taxes to fund rehab programs for those who want to stop.
>
>
> M&K DuPree wrote:
>
>>LOL...Courtney is a typical DEA idiot and a complete BONEHEAD...OF COURSE
>>THERE ARE NO MOM-POP BONG SHOPS...YOU'VE ALREADY ARRESTED THEM!  And, of
>>course, if it were legalized, then you would take the "Mexican drug
>>trafficking group(s)" out of the equation, but this makes the argument too
>>complicated for this utter numbskull.  Mike DuPree PS HONK FOR HEMP!!
>>
>>- Original Message - 
>>From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: 
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:56 AM
>>Subject: [Biofuel] Marijuana Called Top U.S. Cash Crop
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>See "Invisible farming":
>>>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html#invis
>>>
>>>---
>>>
>>>Marijuana Production in the United States (2006)
>>>by Jon Gettman
>>>
>>>Full text online.
>>>http://www.drugscience.org/bcr/
>>>
>>>Entire Report (356 kb pdf)
>>>http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr2/MJCropReport_2006.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=2735017&page=1
>>>ABC News:
>>>February 14, 2007 | Local News and Weather
>>>
>>>Marijuana Called Top U.S. Cash Crop
>>>
>>>Marijuana Takes the Pot as Most Valuable Cash Crop in the Country
>>>
>>>Marijuana is the top cash crop in 12 states and among the top three
>>>cash crops in 30, according to a new study. (AP Photo )
>>>
>>>By NITYA VENKATARAMAN
>>>
>>>Dec. 18, 2006
>>>
>>>Weeding through the value of the nation's cash crops, a study
>>>released today states that marijuana is the U.S.'s most valuable crop
>>>and promotes the drug's legalization and taxation.
>>>
>>>Drug enforcement officials say the equation is not that simple.
>>>
>>>The report, "Marijuana Production in the United States," by marijuana
>>>policy researcher Jon Gettman, concludes that despite massive
>>>eradication efforts at the hands of the federal government,
>>>"marijuana has become a pervasive and ineradicable part of the
>>>national economy."
>>>
>>>In the report, Gettman, a marijuana-reform activist and leader of the
>>>Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, champions a system of legal
>>>regulation.
>>>
>>>Contrasting government figures for traditional crops - like corn and
>>>wheat - against the study's projections for marijuana production, the
>>>report cites marijuana as the top cash crop in 12 states and among
>>>the top three cash crops in 30.
>>>
>>>The study estimates that marijuana production, at a value of $35.8
>>>billion, exceeds the combined value of corn ($23.3 billion) and wheat
>>>($7.5 billion).
>>>
>>>Pot Tax?
>>>
>>>To activists for marijuana legalization, the study confirms a
>>>position they've held for years, and uses government stats to support
>>>their claim.
>>>
>>>"The fact that marijuana is America's No. 1 cash crop after more than
>>>three decades of governmental eradication efforts is the clearest
>>>illustration that our present marijuana laws are a complete failure,"
>>>says Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project
>>>in Washington D.C., a group that focuses on removing criminal
>>>penalties for marijuana use.
>>>
>>>Kampia, whose comments were included in the study's press release,
>>>adds, "Our nation's laws guarantee that 100 percent of the proceeds
>>>from marijuana sales go to unregulated criminals rather than to
>>>legitimate businesses that pay taxes to support schools, police and
>>>roads."
>>>
>>>A 2005 analysis by Harvard visiting professor Jeffrey Miron estimates
>>>that if the United States legalized marijuana, the country would save
>>>$7.7 billion in law enforcement costs and could generated as much as
>>>$6.2 billion annually if marijuana were taxed like alcohol or tobacco.
>>>
>>>Miron's report on the costs of marijuana prohibition was signed by
>>>more than 500 leading economists, most notably the late Nobel
>>>laureate Milton Friedman, who served as an economist in both the
>>>Nixon and Reagan administrations.
>>>
>>>The Dangers of Legalization
>>>
>>>Aside from the health debate over legalizing marijuana, Garrison
>>>Courtney, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Agency, says groups that
>>>advocate its taxation sometimes paint too rosy a picture.
>>>
>>>"It's still a drug," Courtney says. "Just because it's a good cash
>>>crop doesn't mean you should legalize and tax it."
>>>
>>>"It's not these cute mom-and-pop bong shops anymore," Courtney
>>>continued. "It's violent drug-trafficking groups that are doing all
>>>these grows."
>>>
>>>Local marijuana growers, he says, are the tentacles of international
>>>drug-trafficking organizations that bring weapons, violence an

Re: [Biofuel] Truth or Propaganda?

[Mike Weaver]

Or, it could well be tue.  Iran's current rulers are no bunch of 
schoolgirls on a picnic - just ask any Bahai.

Of course, now no one believes anything Bush says - which is own fault.

Woolf!


Jason& Katie wrote:

>oh, PLEASE! a few plumbing bits, some assorted cleaning chemicals, and a 
>lead slug could level a truck easily. this is assuming that nobody touched 
>any weapons stash, and everyone was dealing with what they had on hand. why 
>would the Iraqi rebels need Iran's help blowing stuff up? more lies, as 
>usual. 
>
>
>
>  
>


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Re: [Biofuel] Truth or Propaganda?

[Jason& Katie]

oh, PLEASE! a few plumbing bits, some assorted cleaning chemicals, and a 
lead slug could level a truck easily. this is assuming that nobody touched 
any weapons stash, and everyone was dealing with what they had on hand. why 
would the Iraqi rebels need Iran's help blowing stuff up? more lies, as 
usual. 



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Re: [Biofuel] The Anti-Empire Report

[Joe Street]

And witness how our entertainment media is obsessed with violent and 
scandalous subject matter, our sports become increasingly violent and 
individual members of our society tend toward increasing levels of 
egocentricity and self indulgence.  Didn' similar things happen in the 
times leading up to the collapse of previous empires?


Joe

D. Mindock wrote:

snip

A truly civilized country wouldn't need a Bill of Rights. But our 
Decider is
trashing it anyway, along with the original document. The war on 
terrorism has rapidly devolved into a war onto
the very things that are essential to a civilized country. I think we 
are back at the level of barbarism...


 

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[Biofuel] The Plot Against Mexican Corn

[Keith Addison]

http://www.counterpunch.org/ross02142007.html

February 14, 2007

Big Biotech is Forcing Farmers to Buy GMO Seeds

The Plot Against Mexican Corn

By JOHN ROSS

The "diableros" (hand truck hostlers) from Lagunilla market clustered 
around La Lupita's Ricos Tacos in the rough and tumble barrio of 
Tepito were not smiling. "Yesterday these cost me six pesos. Today, 
it's eight. Tomorrow, who knows, ten?" complained Rodrigo Aldama, 28, 
pointing at the three greasy tacos on his paper plate, "Vitamin T is 
rich man's food now." Vitamin T, a staple of urban diet here, 
includes tacos, tostadas, tamales, tortillas, and most any kind of 
street food concocted from corn.

The steep jump of tortilla prices here this January to as high as 18 
pesos a kilo (they were six in November) have unleashed a storm of 
protest and suspicion. "Someone's getting rich on my 'ricos tacos' 
but it isn't me" lamented Lupita Perez. Many point fingers at the 
corn distribution system, which is run by transnationals.

Rodrigo had another theory: "the tortilla is Mexico but now they want 
us to eat white bread like the gringos." Others see even more 
sinister motives behind the sudden spike in tortilla prices which the 
government of freshman president Felipe Calderon blames on short 
supply and high prices for white and yellow corn - the opening of the 
Mexican milpa or corn patch to genetically modified corn.

World corn prices are currently at an all-time high due to burgeoning 
interest in ethanol production as a petroleum substitute. In Mexico 
the price of corn has been pushed upwards by the cost of diesel and 
petrochemical fertilizers and pesticides despite the fact that Mexico 
is a major oil producer. Crop failures due to drought, flooding, and 
even ice storms have contributed to the price surge. But whatever the 
immediate causes, the dismantlement of government agricultural 
programs and the brutal impacts of the North American Free Trade 
Agreement have deepened the crisis in Mexican corn production.

Competing with highly subsidized U.S. farmers is driving their 
Mexican counterparts into bankruptcy. Whereas south of the border, 
guaranteed prices for farmers' crops is a thing of the past, 
corporate corn growers north of the Rio Bravo can receive up to 
$21,000 an acre in subsidies from their government, enabling them to 
dump their corn over the border at 80% of cost. The impact of this 
inundation has been to force 6,000,000 farmers and their families 
here to abandon their plots and leap into the migration stream, 
according to a 2004 Carnegie Endowment study.

This assault on poor farmers down at the bottom of the food chain 
will be exacerbated at the end of 2007 when all tariffs on U.S. corn 
are abolished. Meanwhile President Calderon seeks to tamp down 
tortilla prices by importing up to 2,000,000 duty-free tons to 
augment what Mexican farmers can or cannot produce. Such a solution 
is guaranteed to drive more farmers off the land. Even worse is that 
much of the new influx of NAFTA corn will be transgenic.

A great deal of the 36,000,000 tons of corn Mexico has imported from 
the U.S. in the past six years is genetically modified - 40% to 60% 
estimates the environmental group Greenpeace, reasoning that U.S. 
producers, barred from dealing GMO corn in Europe and Japan are using 
Mexico as a dumping ground for the grain.

GMO corn began pouring into Mexico in 1998 and by 2001 was being 
detected in the remote sierras of Oaxaca and Puebla, a region in 
which maize was first domesticated seven millenniums ago - both BT 
and Starlink strains (Monsanto and Novartis brands) were found in 
Oaxaca's Sierra de Juarez in 2001 and 2002. 11 out of 22 corn-growing 
regions in the two states registered readings of contamination as 
high as 60% in a 2002 government study that was suppressed by the 
Secretary of Agriculture.

Although Mexico imports millions of tons of transgenic corn, it 
remains a crime here to plant genetically modified seed. In 1998, the 
National Biosecurity Commission, an interdisciplinary body that 
involves the health and agricultural secretariats, declared a 
moratorium on planting genetically modified corn until its impacts 
could be determined, and the ban remains in place although under 
heavy attack from big biotech and agribiz and transnational grain 
purveyors like the Cargill Corporation which now controls much of 
Mexican corn distribution.

To keep the industry at bay, the Biosecurity commission now grants 
permits for "experimental" stations where the grain can be grown 
under government supervision - the Monsanto corporation is now 
testing its "YieldGuard" brand corn on hundreds of hectares in 
Sinaloa state, the most prolific corn-producing state in Mexico. A 
spillover of YieldGuard in Sinaloa could contaminate a big chunk of 
the existing corn supply.

Despite the prohibitions on planting, there is plenty of transgenic 
corn tassling up in the Mexican milpas these days. Some of it is 
a

Re: [Biofuel] Herbal Garden Sprays

[Thomas Kelly]

Good Day To You,
 Tales of the garden/farm are really appreciated at this time of year. 
The closest thing to gardening for me right now is clearing the snow and ice 
that hit my area of New York State (US). I have a tool that was handed down 
from my grandfather   died in 1958    to my father .  died in 
1976    to me. It has a heavy, broad blade with an oval hole through 
which the long handle fits. My grandfather called it a "sod buster". It is 
great for stripping away thick sod to make beds for plants, for chopping 
compost and breaking through hard soil. It felt good using it to break up 
ice and packed snow in my driveway this morning.
 The discussion between you and Robert,  regarding compost, got me going 
last year. I don't think I ever made more compost than I did last year. I 
know I never had a more productive and trouble free garden.

 You asked if I ever used compost tea spray.

 I switched from manure tea to compost tea  picked that one up from 
you in a post last year     but never thought of using it as a foliar 
spray.
I just ordered seeds and supplies for this year. I ordered something called 
a "siphon jet". It connects to a garden hose and draws liquid from a bucket 
. I'm going to try to spray compost tea on my lawn. Last year there was some 
discussion re: fertilizing/revitalizing lawns. Diluted, it may not have much 
effect; we'll see. It may dilute the tea too much to make it effective as a 
spray, but it would be much easier than using the little spray bottle I use 
for my herbal sprays.

> "Journey to Forever is not responsible for the
> content of external internet sites." That's what it doesn't say,
> maybe it should.

 Not to worry. I find the links to be valuable. I went to garden spray 
recipes to see how they compared to mine. I looked at square foot gardening 
and came away with some ideas to improve efficiency and become a little more 
disciplined in succession planting. Because I don't think efficiency is all 
it's cracked up to be I'll continue to go to restaurants that cook my food 
after I order it and I'll continue to give my plants more room than is 
actually "required". What I'm saying is, the garden section at JTF and the 
links provided are valuable; as is the library. They present 
ideas/suggestions. If anyone should visit and come away with questions or 
concerns all they need do is ask. The questions may well lead to enjoyable 
discussion.

 Best to you and keep up the good work,
   Tom
- Original Message - 
From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Herbal Garden Sprays


> Hello Tom
>
>>Hello Keith,
>>
>>  You asked me:
>> >"What's the link Tom, and where did you find it?"
>>
>> In the organic gardening section at JTF   .  I opened "companion
>>planting" and found the following link:
>> www.gardenguides.com/TipsandTechniques/herbc.htm
>
> Right, thanks. Hm, yes. I fail to see the point of the paraffin. Nor
> of all that soap. "Journey to Forever is not responsible for the
> content of external internet sites." That's what it doesn't say,
> maybe it should.
>
>> >"Anyway, which insects were you thinking of spraying? You use a lot of
>>compost, isn't that the best "insect spray"?
>>
>> You're right in that strong, healthy plants seem to be less 
>> attractive
>>to most insect pests.
>
> Feed the soil and the plants look after themselves. Mostly.
>
>> I've still had problems with leaf hoppers and vine borers. 
>> Leafhoppers
>>turn the leaves on my eggplant to lace. Vine borers damage the zucchini. A
>>couple of years ago I started adding cayenne pepper to an onion and garlic
>>spray I make. It is very effective.
>
> Yes, that works well.
>
>>I use a lttle hand sprayer and spray the
>>eggplant leaves and the base of the zucchini plants once a week or so.
>> Everything else pretty much takes care of itself.
>>
>>  Re: liquid paraffin   I'm not familiar with it and wondered if it
>>helped to dissolve oil soluble substances from the "herbs" that were
>>effective repellents or if, like dormant oil spray, was insecticidal 
>>itself.
>> You're right  . probably best avoided.
>
> Interesting thoughts though. Why not try dilute methanol instead, for
> dissolving oils? I think some soaps are also supposed to be
> insecticidal, but that aside a little soap helps the stuff stick to
> the leaves instead of just rolling off. We usually use a few drops of
> biodiesel by-product soap, which works well (saponified by-product,
> not raw). That's with compost tea or liquid seaweed sprays, not
> insect sprays. Do you use compost tea spray, by the way?
>
>>  Snow's on the ground and more in the forecast. My head is filling 
>> with
>>thoughts of the garden and other things outdoors.
>
> We had one day of snow, in January, it stayed for another day and was
> gone. To

Re: [Biofuel] Liposuccions: a new source of biodiesel :-)

[Fred Finch]

I would like to see what advertising for biodiesel from liposuction would
look like.

How about a quiet radio ad that lists all the "earth friendly" points
quitely and calmly gives the tagline...   "Soylent Green...   It's
People..."

fred

On 2/15/07, Christopher & Jacqueline tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


In the movie "Fight Club", Brad Pitt's character makes quality soap that
he
sells to high class shops. He breaks into hospital dumpsters to get his
raw
material. =)

Best,
Chris

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Debra
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:07 PM
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Liposuccions: a new source of biodiesel :-)

This whole subject is making me feel sick... I can't take the visual image
of it all.
- Original Message -
From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Liposuccions: a new source of biodiesel :-)


>Are we talking about grain fed lipofat vs range fed?  Range
>fed would require walking around and bending over, causing less fat
>and more lean meat, whereas grain fed requires only bending over,
>like we are already used to, plus easier to engineer and enrich the
>grain for the highest quality lipofat.  Mike

LOL!

What about the comparative Omega-3 fatty acid content?

Is the grain a fossil-fuels dependant industrial monocrop a la ADM?
Not carbon-neutral lipofat then, hm.

What will be the effect of this kind of biofuel on tortilla prices in
Mexico? To say nothing of Tyson's bottom line, let alone the Nikkei
Index?

And what about MOA disease (Mad Overweight Americans) - are feed
regulations in place to ensure that you're not eating each other's
brains?

Let them eat grass, that's what I say.

Actually, a certain list member made some liposuction by-product
biodiesel four years ago but kept quiet about it because he wasn't
sure the world was ready. Or something like that.

Best

Keith


>- Original Message -
>
>From: Fred Finch
>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
>Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:24 AM
>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Liposuccions: a new source of biodiesel :-)
>
>Wait a minute...  I think we have a potential new field of
>employment for many Americans!  We would generate our own fuel
>reserves by sucking out the fat of our asses at the same time  we
>suck off the fat of the land!  Granted it would not be sustainable.
>
>Kind of like what Tyson foods does to chickens.  We could have
>literal fat farms!  Produce the fat and render the fat.
>
>What a great idea!
>
>fred
>
>On 2/13/07, M&K DuPree
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>LOL LOL LOL LO:L...Get off your lazy fat asses and REJECT REAL ID...LOL
LOL
>LOL Mike DuPree
>- Original Message -
>From: "frantz Desprez"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
>To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 8:40 AM
>Subject: [Biofuel] Liposuccions: a new source of biodiesel :-)
>
>
> > :-)
> > Liposuccions: a new source of biodiesel! A norwegian businessman, Mr.
> > Lauri Venøy, will settle in Miami in Florida to launch a production of
> > biodiesel starting from greases resulting from liposuccions. 60% of
the
> > Americans are in overweight and a great number of them has recourse to
> > the liposuccion. For Mr. Lauri Venøy, that can represent a lucrative
> > market in the field of renewable energies. The norwegian contractor is
> > currently in talks with the Jackson Memorial American hospital for the
> > signature of an agreement, which would enable him to acquire 11.500
> > liters of human grease resulting from liposuccions each week, and thus
> > to produce 10.000 liters of bio-diesel.
> >
> > BE Norway number 71 (8/02/2007) - Embassy of France in Norway/ADIT -
> >
>http://ww
>w.bulletins-electroniques.com/actualites/41155.htm
> >
> > Liposuccions : une nouvelle source de biodiesel !
> > Un homme d'affaire norvégien, M. Lauri Venøy, va s'installer à Miami
en
> > Floride pour lancer une production de biodiesel à partir des graisses
> > issues des liposuccions.
> >
> > 60 % des Américains sont en surpoids et un grand nombre d'entre eux
ont
> > recours à la liposuccion. Pour M. Lauri Venøy, cela peut représenter
un
> > marché lucratif dans le domaine des énergies renouvelables.
> >
> > L'entrepreneur norvégien est actuellement en pourparler avec le très
> > grand hôpital américain Jackson Memorial en vue de la signature d'un
> > accord, qui lui permettrait d'acquérir 11 500 litres de graisse
humaine
> > issue des liposuccions chaque semaine, et ainsi de produire 10.000
> > litres de bio-diesel.
> >
> > BE Norvège numéro 71 (8/02/2007) - Ambassade de France en Norvège /
ADIT
> > -
>htt