Comments on: Will ILUC save our livestock? http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/2011/07/will-iluc-save-our-livestock/ Taking the heat out of global warming Tue, 22 May 2012 06:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Clarence http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/2011/07/will-iluc-save-our-livestock/comment-page-1/#comment-63243 Clarence Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:47:02 +0000 http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/?p=10614#comment-63243 "Many biofuels are now thought to be worse for the climate than the fossil fuels they are intended to replace. The European Commission's own research shows it may lead to an indirect one-off release of around 1,000 megatonnes of carbon dioxide -- over twice the annual emissions of Germany." www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/19/us-eu-energy-biofuel-idUSTRE76I3V720110719 "Oettinger took a first step toward limiting biofuels' impact on the environment on Tuesday, launching a green standard to prevent companies from clearing forest, peatlands or grassland to grow biofuels for the European market". So clearing grassland is now considered to be ILUC. Does this mean that the EU recognises grassland (as well as forests) as a carbon sink? “Many biofuels are now thought to be worse for the climate than the fossil fuels they are intended to replace.

The European Commission’s own research shows it may lead to an indirect one-off release of around 1,000 megatonnes of carbon dioxide — over twice the annual emissions of Germany.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/19/us-eu-energy-biofuel-idUSTRE76I3V720110719

“Oettinger took a first step toward limiting biofuels’ impact on the environment on Tuesday, launching a green standard to prevent companies from clearing forest, peatlands or grassland to grow biofuels for the European market”.

So clearing grassland is now considered to be ILUC. Does this mean that the EU recognises grassland (as well as forests) as a carbon sink?

]]> By: Alexander K http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/2011/07/will-iluc-save-our-livestock/comment-page-1/#comment-62846 Alexander K Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:15:48 +0000 http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/?p=10614#comment-62846 One of the facts about ethanol that no Greens will ever tell you; it does nasty stuff to conventional petrol and diesel engines, so much so that many Germans, who have the stuff foisted upon them by diktat, do all manner of devious tricks to avoid using it. And please don't expect political common sense anytime soon anywhere in the world except for the Czech Republic, whose president is a confirmed climate realist. One of the facts about ethanol that no Greens will ever tell you; it does nasty stuff to conventional petrol and diesel engines, so much so that many Germans, who have the stuff foisted upon them by diktat, do all manner of devious tricks to avoid using it.
And please don’t expect political common sense anytime soon anywhere in the world except for the Czech Republic, whose president is a confirmed climate realist.

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