Created by: campaigncc.<br/> User 'maqui' did: promote at Fri Oct 02 13:46:44 +0000 2009.<br/> true true <p><strong>Demonstration against renewable energy subsidies for Agrofuels</strong><br /> <br />Monday 12th October, 6.30 pm<br /><br /><strong>Photo-op at 12.30 - 1.30 pm<br /></strong> <br />Called by <strong>Campaign against Climate Change</strong>, <strong>Biofuelwatch</strong> and <strong>Food not Fuel</strong></p> <p>The government is using renewable energy subsidies (Renewable <strong>O</strong>bligations <strong>C</strong>ertificates - or ROCs) to fund power stations that use agrofuels. While the UK's only significant wind turbine factory has just been closed up to twice as much subsidy is going to producing power from agrofuels than from onshore wind.<br /> <br />Agrofuels - biofuels procuced using intensive agriculture - are a a major driver of deforestation, in turn, a major cause of climate change. Agrofuels from palm oil in particular are accelerating the burning of Indonesian forests and underlying peat bogs with truly astronomical emissions as a result.<br /> <br />In Italy and Germany there are already large numbers of agrofuel power plants and almost all of them use palm oil because it is by far the cheapest feedstock. It is pretty certain that agrofuel power plants in the UK will follow the same economic logic.<br /> <br />Burning palm oil is probably the most environmentally damaging and climate negative way to produce power and yet this seems to be what the government wants to subsidise! <strong>Join the demo on the 12th and stop this madness!<br /></strong> <br />See more on our Biofuels page <a href="http://www.campaigncc.org/biofuels">here</a>, and download a flier from our <a href="http://www.campaigncc.org/leaflets">leaflets page</a>.</p> info@campaigncc.org 2009-10-02T13:13:57+00:00 2009-10-12T18:30:00+00:00 2516 promoted Phil Thornhill

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