Amid all the doom and gloom stories about deforestation, this one really cheered me up. In Costa Rica they replanted some of their worn-out cattle pasture with trees in a bid to reclaim their forest. Fifty years later, it looks as though it is working :>)
“The UN says it takes 232kg of corn to fill a 50-litre car tank with ethanol. That is enough to feed a child for a year. Last week, the UN predicted “massacres” unless the biofuel policy is halted.” Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the telegraph today. One of the best articles I’ve read setting biofuels into perspective. If you are getting a bit jittery about using food for fuel – read this!
Another show stopper today comes from one of NASA’s top scientists. Stepping outside the square, James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, raises the stakes on the carbon debate. Earth in Crisis: Global warming has plunged the planet into a crisis and the fossil fuel industries are trying to hide the extent of the problem from the public.