Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

Although I'm not a debater myself, I've listened to a LOT  presentations, and my advice would be to KEEP IT SIMPLE.  Any experienced debater or politician will be very skilled at getting you off your game and making you sound confused or unsure.  Don't let that happen.  Just look at how well "sticking to your message" has worked for Bush.  In spite of being evil and just plain wrong, he has been very effective at implementing his agenda.  It should work for the righteous, too.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

----- Original Message -----

From: activism98201@verizon.net

To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing

Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:37 AM

Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Biofuels Offer Cure Worse Than the Disease -OECD

Leave it to this most excellent group to present this article.  I had run across a precursor article the other day which stated that the report was due out today, but I couldn't find anything.

But while on this subject... I just signed myself up to be on a discussion panel on biofuels.  Obviously I'm on the "con" side.  Funny, but this really depends on one's view of this word, I'm the _only_ one on this side; there are several bio-diesel folks (engaged in promoting bio-diesel) on the "pro" side.  And what's even more funny is that fact that I'm not exactly a public speaker; nor have I any flashy credentials.  So, it looks like I'm going to be facing the wolves, but I feel that someone has to stand up and present views which are unpopular.

Are there any folks here who would like to help me get myself together off-line for such a discussion?  I've got quite a bit of a collection of info and am fairly well versed in all of this.  My main arguments will be centered on impacts to food production and soils: the OECD report is really powerful; so too is a UN FAO study of Brazilian soils (and Brazil's escalating importation of natural gas).  I know a fair amount on ethanol, but nothing really on bio-diesel, so I need some help here.  The panel discussion is part of a larger sustainable energy fair being held here on October 6th.


-Mark Nagel
Everett, WA


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From: TradingPostPaul <tradingpost@riseup.net>
Date: 2007/09/11 Tue PM 11:24:37 CDT
To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Livingontheland] Biofuels Offer Cure Worse Than the Disease - OECD


Biofuels Offer Cure Worse Than the Disease - OECD
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/44269/story.htm

FRANCE: September 12, 2007

PARIS - Biofuels, championed for reducing energy reliance, boosting farm
revenues and helping fight climate change, may in fact hurt the environment
and push up food prices, a study suggested on Tuesday.

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