Valleys Green » Green Drinks Rhondda Cynon Taff http://www.valleysgreen.co.uk For People who care about their Environment Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:32:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Ask your MP for better biofuels http://www.valleysgreen.co.uk/2007/10/20/ask-your-mp-for-better-biofuels/ http://www.valleysgreen.co.uk/2007/10/20/ask-your-mp-for-better-biofuels/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:13:04 +0000 greendrinks http://greendrinks.rhonddacynontaff.org/2007/10/20/ask-your-mp-for-better-biofuels/ Next week MPs will be voting on whether to massively increase the use of biofuels in the UK.

Without stronger sustainability reporting requirements, any increase is likely to:

Fuel rainforest destruction.
* Increase food prices.
* Encourage destructive monocultures.
* The ability of most biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in any meaningful way is also in question.

The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) will make it compulsory to blend all road fuels with biofuels.

It doesn’t distinguish between different biofuels, and if it’s implemented there will be no going back.

Ask your MP to think twice before voting in favour of the RTFO

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