A brisk and refreshing 25 minute run this morning, before returning for a quick scan of the news.
Continuing the theme of yesterday's post, the UK is seemingly leading the world again, this time in the rush to procure viable agricultural land in developing countries for the production of biofuel, rather than food for the people in those countries. According to a report in today’s Guardian, over half of the 3.2 million hectares of identified biofuel land in Africa has been linked to UK companies.
Meanwhile Germany has made an admirable move to phase out all nuclear power generation by 2022 (Spiegel). An interesting additional step, and one which could be followed and improved on by the whole of the developed world, is the commitment to reduce energy consumption by 10%. To put that into context, the world's most profligate energy consumer, Qatar, uses 132 times more energy per person than the least, Bangladesh. The US uses 48 times more than Bangladesh, and Germany a mere 26 times. So there is a long way to go before we reach the moral high ground !
Meanwhile Germany has made an admirable move to phase out all nuclear power generation by 2022 (Spiegel). An interesting additional step, and one which could be followed and improved on by the whole of the developed world, is the commitment to reduce energy consumption by 10%. To put that into context, the world's most profligate energy consumer, Qatar, uses 132 times more energy per person than the least, Bangladesh. The US uses 48 times more than Bangladesh, and Germany a mere 26 times. So there is a long way to go before we reach the moral high ground !
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