"Gloria"  wrote in message
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> This'll put the cat among the pigeons!
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> More farmland could be put to use for the growing of energy crops
> because of the problems affecting the livestock industry, a farming
> leader has said.

Can't blame them, biofuel is in demand and is already contributing to the
current high price of wheat (doubled in the past year I believe).

Keep on topic or fuck off bint




"Gloria"  wrote in message 
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> This'll put the cat among the pigeons!
>
> More farmland could be put to use for the growing of energy crops
> because of the problems affecting the livestock industry, a farming
> leader has said.
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> John Picken, chairman of NFU Scotland's biofuels working group, said
> the acres of oilseed rape and wheat grown could be increased with
> government backing.
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> Foot-and-mouth over the summer into the autumn led to restrictions on
> the movement of animals, lower prices and sheep on hill farms being
> slaughtered because they could not be sold and faced a shortage of
> grazing with the onset of winter.
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> Mr Picken said the difficulties facing livestock farmers could see
> grassland being ploughed up and left fallow.
>
> However, with financial backing at UK level the land could be put to
> use for the growing of oilseed rape for the production of bio-diesel,
> or wheat for generating heat.
>
> Mr Picken added: "The growing of cereals for malting is up to maximum
> capacity and I don't think we can produce any more because there are
> not any more maltsters or distilleries to provide for.
>
> "So there is a bit of room so to speak for growing energy crops."
>
> The majority of oilseed rape production is in the north east, but the
> arable farmer from St Andrews, Fife, said almost anywhere in Scotland
> was suited to the crop.
>
>
> Biofuels are any kind of fuel made from living things, or from the
> waste they produce
> Scots racing driver Dario Franchitti, seen above being congratulated
> by actress wife Ashley Judd, won America's Indianapolis 500 driving a
> car powered by pure ethanol made from corn
> The Renewables Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) sets a UK target for
> the use of biofuels for transport at 5% by 2010
> The Forestry Commission runs a large number of its vehicles on biofuel
> blends
>
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> Highest yields could be gained in the Highlands because of the long
> hours of daylight in summer.
>
> Mr Picken said the UK was lagging behind other countries in the
> production of biofuels.
>
> He said: "America is leading the way with subsidies and tax breaks and
> they are going to double their usage of maze."
>
> Mr Picken conceded there was a debate on how to balance growing for
> energy and food, but warned that the production of crops for biofuels
> was at risk of becoming a "missed opportunity" in Scotland.
>
> He welcomed moves to open bio-diesel plants at Grangemouth, near
> Falkirk, and Rosyth, near Edinburgh.
>
> Ineos Enterprises' proposal to build one of Europe's biggest
> bio-diesel plants in Grangemouth was given the go-ahead by Falkirk
> Council in October.
>
> However, plans by DMF Biodiesel for a processing facility in Rosyth
> has returned to Fife Council as a live planning application following
> a legal challenge.
>
> The local authority had previously given its approval.
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> The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said farmers
> growing energy crops may be eligible for a single Common Agricultural
> Policy payment and also claim EU energy aid payment to a maximum of 45
> Euros (£32) per hectare.
>
> A spokeswoman said: "UK government see biofuels as part of the
> renewable energy mix, but wish to ensure that the biofuel supplied in
> the UK offers carbon benefits and is produced sustainably."
>
> The Scottish Government said it was looking at the role of biofuels in
> an effort to reduce CO2 emissions.
>
> A spokesman said it had also recently committed £10.2m of investment
> in biofuel production through Regional Selective Assistance funding
> for the plant in Grangemouth and another in Motherwell.
>
> Story from BBC NEWS:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7092350.stm
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> Published: 2007/11/15 00:05:50 GMT
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BA984 LHR->TXL 13/June/1998

Certainty level: 100%

In June 1998 I travelled on the above British Airways flight to Berlin
with my mother, to visit her family. There were two women in seats 30D/E,
about 4/5 rows behind us. It was quite obvious from the torrent of abuse
during these flight that these women had been instructed to harass me
and attempt to obtain a reaction.

I did manage to record much of the flight, but unfortunately much of the
recording is unclear because of high background noise on the aircraft.
The following three excerpts from the recording  are the best I can do.

The segment at position 11:34 minutes on my recording contains a fairly
quiet word "paranoid", followed immediately by a much louder
"yeah, he's paranoid, yeah". During the flight the abuse was not sexual,
as it so often is elsewhere, but attacking my mental health.

One of the women in seats 30D/E said "paranoid" very clearly towards the
end of the flight, but unfortunately I had run out of minidisc space and
stopped recording by then. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that
these women were directed to harass me. This harassment happens without
fail on British Airways flights; I've been on something like three or
four BA flights in the last 5 years and it's happened each time.
Presumably this is because of international law which says incidents on
aircraft during flight are actionable in the airline's country of
origin - so my persecutors want a reaction from me, and they want to see
me "done" in the UK where they can influence the justice system.

These incidents never happen on foreign-domiciled carriers.

757


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