In Camden we’ve been running municipal vehicles on biogas made from food waste. That makes sense. But it’s crazy to use fossil fuel-based fertilisers and herbicides to grow rape seed to burn in power stations. It means more CO2 and worse air quality than using natural gas. And it’s land we could be using for growing food. Thankfully the councillors listened to our protests and rejected the application unanimously.
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Biofuels power station stopped in Ealing
After a 48 hour whistlestop tour which included the 10:10 Launch at the Tate Modern and Climate Camp on Blackheath, I ended up at a demonstration outside Ealing Town Hall where a planning application was being heard for a power station to be run on rape seed oil. That’s nuts.
In Camden we’ve been running municipal vehicles on biogas made from food waste. That makes sense. But it’s crazy to use fossil fuel-based fertilisers and herbicides to grow rape seed to burn in power stations. It means more CO2 and worse air quality than using natural gas. And it’s land we could be using for growing food. Thankfully the councillors listened to our protests and rejected the application unanimously.
In Camden we’ve been running municipal vehicles on biogas made from food waste. That makes sense. But it’s crazy to use fossil fuel-based fertilisers and herbicides to grow rape seed to burn in power stations. It means more CO2 and worse air quality than using natural gas. And it’s land we could be using for growing food. Thankfully the councillors listened to our protests and rejected the application unanimously.
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