http://blog.onwardoregon.org/rainforest-action-network-agrofuels-moratorium-petition/ Here are snippets from the three most-recent postings. Click an article title below to read more. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.onwardoregon.org/rainforest-action-network-agrofuels-moratorium-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-55664 George Seldes Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:40:31 +0000 http://blog.onwardoregon.org/rainforest-action-network-agrofuels-moratorium-petition/#comment-55664 Emily, I wish that helped and it was a well-intended gesture, but it's futile to subsidize agrofuels from source A while hoping to avoid encouraging use of those from source B -- because agrofuels are totally fungible, like any global commodity. Any demand anywhere contributes to total demand everywhere. By subsidizing biodiesel we help push up the overall price that tropical palm oil fetches, whether we buy any directly or not. Emily, I wish that helped and it was a well-intended gesture, but it’s futile to subsidize agrofuels from source A while hoping to avoid encouraging use of those from source B — because agrofuels are totally fungible, like any global commodity. Any demand anywhere contributes to total demand everywhere. By subsidizing biodiesel we help push up the overall price that tropical palm oil fetches, whether we buy any directly or not.

]]> http://blog.onwardoregon.org/rainforest-action-network-agrofuels-moratorium-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-55663 J.D. Adams Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:21:00 +0000 http://blog.onwardoregon.org/rainforest-action-network-agrofuels-moratorium-petition/#comment-55663 As many people as possible should take action because deforestation is the worst kind of environmental mismanagement, and it could prevent generation 2 biofuels from realizing their potential to displace petroleum as an energy source without adversely affecting the ecosphere. As many people as possible should take action because deforestation is the worst kind of environmental mismanagement, and it could prevent generation 2 biofuels from realizing their potential to displace petroleum as an energy source without adversely affecting the ecosphere.

]]> http://blog.onwardoregon.org/rainforest-action-network-agrofuels-moratorium-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-55662 Emily George Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:33:08 +0000 http://blog.onwardoregon.org/rainforest-action-network-agrofuels-moratorium-petition/#comment-55662 The Oregon biofuels package that passed in 2007 explicitly excluded palm oil from all subsidies and tax credits for this very reason. The Oregon biofuels package that passed in 2007 explicitly excluded palm oil from all subsidies and tax credits for this very reason.

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