Dear Keith,
Well you may think he talks a lot of bollocks but if you check other sites on global deforestation then you'll find that his stats are pretty accurate. As we all know, truth is a question of presentation so to use his raw data to draw conclusions is not unreasonable. Best Regards, Philip ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:46:26 +0900 > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Chicken Little Strikes Again! CO2 is rising!C02 > isrising!A scientific Rebutal > > Hello Philip > > >Jim, > > > >The info came from the World Resources Institute (www.wri.org) > >There's a ton of useful stuff on their site. > > Yes there is, and a lot of less than useful stuff too. Recent post: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg68246.html > Re: [Biofuel] DISTILLERY DEMAND FOR GRAIN TO FUEL CARS VASTLY UNDERSTATE > > WRI founder and chairman Lester Brown talks a load of bollocks, for > "one of the world's most influential thinkers" and "the guru of the > environmental movement". LOL! > > Best > > Keith > > > >Best Regards > > > >Philip > >Hainan Bioenergy > > > > > >---------------------------------------- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > > Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:43:40 -0700 > > > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Chicken Little Strikes Again! CO2 is > >rising!C02 isrising!A scientific Rebutal > > > > > > Phillip wrote > > > Snip At the same time, 85% of the world's forests (which are natural > > > carbon > > > sinks) have been destroyed or degraded. > > > > > > Phillip, Where do you get this data? Does this number include > >the replanted > > > areas of forest and Higher plant life (co2 absorption) as a result of > > > irrigation and pulp? > > > > > > Not in dispute but I would like to know how it is derived. > > > > > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > _________________________________________________________________ Get connected - Use your Hotmail address to sign into Windows Live Messenger now. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/