The biofuels debate

28 January 2010

Jatropha seedsBiofuels are a hot topic of debate.  Once celebrated as the 'green' alternative to fossil fuels, we can now see that mass producing biofuels contributes to climate change and takes land needed for food crops, leaving many people like Elisa Mongue without their main source of food. 




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Jars of Jatrophal oil. © Atul Loke/Panos Pictures/ActionAid

The biofuels debate is massive online.  Make sure you tap into it - you can tweet, bookmark, and check out our blogroll - just click on the options below.

The time is now to shout about biofuels being bad for climate change - as well as world poverty - and to insist that they're removed from the UK's plans for renewable energy. So get your voice heard!

We've got some great video clips of top experts thrashing out the issue of biofuels from our campaign launch debate - so watch those on our Blip.tv page for inspiration.

Here's a taster of our biofuels video clips:

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Start a conversation about biofuels or join ours by using #biofuels in your tweet.  Your posts will appear on our site and help those following the wider debate on Twitter hear what you have to say.

Check out the most recent tweets on our site or to find out what’s being debated right now. Or, just search '#biofuels'  on Twitter.

Not sure what to say but want still want to raise awareness? Just add this URL into your tweet so others can find out about our campaign: http://bit.ly/8jkKlW

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Blog iconThere are some great blogs out there giving a range of opinions on the topic of biofuels. Check out a few of our favourites:

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The BioFuel Africa Ltd plantation, Tamale, Ghana.

You can help the campaign by adding to our online library when you see a great article, blog or video about biofuels.

All you need to do is ‘bookmark’ the relevant webpages on delicious  using the tag ‘biofuels’ and ‘hungerfree’. This will allow people searching for those terms to quickly and easily to find interesting and useful content.

Not sure how to use delicious? Watch this video to find out more

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