Ooh Oh! - have I found a fun article here!
One of last months New Scientist issues (25/11/05) runs an article on the damage to rain forests the new EU directive on the use of bio diesel is having.
It seems that the rainforests of South East Asia are being destroyed by our demand for Palm Oil. I quote:-
"Palm oil is one of the most enviromentaly damaging commodities on the planet" - Simon Coulson, Dir. of the UK based Rain Forest Foundation.
Apparently an alternative is Soya bean oil but it is, according to the article "the largest single cause of rainforest destruction in the Brazillian Amazon".
So I hope all you diesel-heads out there are proud of yourselves!
I would have liked to have put LOL at this point -
but if true -
this really is not funny.
One of last months New Scientist issues (25/11/05) runs an article on the damage to rain forests the new EU directive on the use of bio diesel is having.
It seems that the rainforests of South East Asia are being destroyed by our demand for Palm Oil. I quote:-
"Palm oil is one of the most enviromentaly damaging commodities on the planet" - Simon Coulson, Dir. of the UK based Rain Forest Foundation.
Apparently an alternative is Soya bean oil but it is, according to the article "the largest single cause of rainforest destruction in the Brazillian Amazon".
So I hope all you diesel-heads out there are proud of yourselves!
I would have liked to have put LOL at this point -
but if true -
this really is not funny.