More on “bio”diesel

Murray Dobbin weighs in on rabble.ca with THIS article on the farce that is biodiesel. He’s right. This is a dodge that allows those of us in the west to keep on drivin’ those SUVs…. millions of ‘em, with only one person per vehicle, every single day.

I Am A Rock, I Am An Island…

First, thanks to Graven for the invite – I’m hoping to develop an environmental consciousness some day, and this should help.

The Globe and Mail reports that Nova Scotia has declared The Brothers Islands, near Lower West Pubnico, and Grassy Island, near Tancook Island, as protected areas. These islands, particularly Grassy Island, are breeding grounds for the endangered roseate tern. A positive decision, with hopefully positive long-term results. Due credit to the government for what I sincerely hope is the first of  many good decisions.

My cynical nature makes my first reaction: So, no natural gas or particularly alluring forests to exploit on those islands? Let’s hope that will seem unfair soon.

Anyone for “deforestation diesel”? More on biofuels…

I tend to agree with Fidel Castro, the biggest social worry about biofuels is the risk of juxtaposing the use of food crops to feed rich people’s cars to using them to feed poor people. However this article and this one I found on the BBC’s news-site are pretty good primers of what some of the other problems with the so-called “greener alternative” will be. Its kind of amusing to see the biggest offenders (with respect to global warming), the oil companies, warning of the dire consequences of switching to “that other stuff”. Talk about the the pot calling the kettle…..