How Green is green?

"Going Green" is not always as strait forward as you might think!


One alternative to those nasty petroleum-based fuels are the emerging
range of 'Biofuels'.
Based on plant materials, these are said to be a greener option than
fossil fuels.


But just how green are they?


In parts of the world natural rain forest is being cleared (slashed and
burned) for the production of oil palms, a prime source of biofuel.


Unfortunately, not only does the clearance release massive amounts of
carbon dioxide and destroy the habitat but the soil that has supported
lush rain forest for so many years will become impoverished in (at the
most) twenty years of this 'unnatural' use. When it is abandoned as
useless for this crop it will no longer be able to support the natural
vegetation.

.............................Maybe the forest is greener than the fuel!