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Old 24-09-2006, 11:16 AM
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Re: Richard Branson's Environment Pledge

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Originally Posted by airehead
monoculture here we come
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Originally Posted by StuartDH
Surely that deserves more of an explanation
I think airehead is refering to one of the biggest issues with green fuels - the ammount of space they take to grow, to grow enough to replace air and train travel requirements in addition to growing our food would pretty much require our entire land area , so it would mean goodbye countryside. well that seems perfectly evironmentally freindly to me

In fact a better solution is not to fly unles you have to, and most of the time it is want not need, and electrify all the train tracks enabling them to be powered by nuclear or alternative sources. but that wouldnt do mr b's profits much good
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