Kalau saya sih lebih concern dengan berkurangnya rainforest yang dibabat untuk membuka lahan. Karena rasanya lebih banyak buka lahan dengan membabat hutan daripada menggusur petani kecil? cmiiw. Padahal kan hutan itu katanya paru2nya bumi. Ternyata gak cuman manusia yang kena kanker paru2, bumi juga. In the end, akan lebih banyak terjadi kebakaran hutan, ribut sama negara tetangga karena asap, global warming, dan... hmmmmm..... WHAT? u can make biofuel from sugar cane? Ok, berarti alamat harga gula juga bakalan naik dan orang2 bakalan rebutan ngantri beli gula karena langka. hihihihihihi....
--- In obrolan-bandar@yahoogroups.com, "Bettina Tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you seen the news on DJ today? What do you think of it? > > > *DJ Biofuels Bad News For Some Of World's Poorest People - Oxfam* > > LONDON (Dow Jones)--The European Union's proposal to mandate 10% of all > transport fuel to be sourced from biofuels by 2020 will hurt some of the > world's poorest people, charity organization Oxfam said in a briefing > Thursday. > > Oxfam warned that although the biofuels industry could create jobs and > markets for small farmers and cheap energy in developing countries, this was > outweighed by the potential negative social and human impact caused by the > clearance of land for the planting of biofuels. > > "It is unacceptable that poor people in developing countries should bear the > cost of questionable attempts to cut emissions in Europe," said Robert > Bailey from Oxfam. > > To achieve the 10% goal, the E.U. will have to import biofuels made from > crops including sugar cane and palm oil from developing countries. > > The report suggests countries such as Indonesia, Colombia, Brazil, Tanzania > and Malaysia, which are eager to gain exposure to the biofuel market > opportunity, could see poor people forced from their land, destroy their > livelihoods, lead to the exploitation of workers and hurt the availability > and affordability of food. > > -By Sarah McFarlane, Dow Jones Newswires; (44 20) 7842 9327; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (END) Dow Jones Newswires > > October 31, 2007 20:01 ET (00:01 GMT) > > Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.- - 08 01 PM EDT 10-31-07 >
