BIOFUEL OR FOOD

BIOFUEL OR FOOD?

Biofuel production to control greenhouse gases is a workable solution, but is it an alternative, given that the world's population is increasing beyond the capacity of the earth to sustain an increase the production of food. There are alternatives for fuel production that will reverse the rampant production of greenhouse gases that cause global warming. According to experts, some of these are:

SUN POWER - WIND POWER - ELECTRICITY PRODUCDED BY NUCLEAR ENERGY - THERMAL HEAT SOURCED FROM THE BOILING PLASMA BENEATH THE EARTH'S SURFACE, WAVE POWER GENERATED BY THE WAVES OF THE SEA, HYDROGEN.

FOOD PRODUCTION IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING AND THE OVER POPULATION OF THE EARTH.

CURRENTLY THERE IS INSUFFICIENT ARABLE LAND AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TO PRODUCE SUFFICIENT FOOD FOR HUMAN BEINGS AND ANIMALS. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS CURRENTLY IN STARVATION MODE OR EXISTING ON ONE MEAL A DAY. THIS SITUATION CAN LEAD TO UNREST AMONGST THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS.

Global warming can be reversed if nations have the will to do so.

The following will go a long way to preventing a looming catastrophe:

1. Cut greenhouse gas emissions by building nuclear power plants to generate electricity.

2. Produce electrically propelled vehicles and vehicles that use hydrogen instead of gasoline (petrol).

3. Encourage people to walk to work and shopping where possible.

4. Encourage people to plant trees and other plants to absorb carbon dioxide. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. Before the industrial revolution there was a balance between the absorption of carbon dioxide by plants and the emission of carbon dioxide emitted by humans and animals. There was no threat of global warming. Human beings created the conditions suitable for global warming and we must immediately put mechanisms in place to reverse this tendency. If we do not collectively reverse this threat then people worldwide will suffer the consequences. Here is a fact that some people are not aware of:

PEOPLE AND ANIMALS INHALE OXYGEN AND OTHER GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND GIVE OFF CARBON DIOXIDE AND OTHER GASES SUCH AS METHANE, NITROGEN AND HYDROGEN. PLANTS ON THE OTHER HAND ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE AND GIVE OFF OXYGEN. When humans produce more carbon dioxide than the plants can absorb, the whole of mankind is in trouble, because with the spectre of global warming, the balance between production of greenhouse gass and the absorption thereof, is disturbed and weather patterns will change with dire consequences to agricultural production worldwide.

My suggestion about walking to curb the use of motor vehicles has another beneficial result. IT is an excellent exercise which will improve your health and increase longevity. IT will also burn the excess calories contained in your food intake and thus result in weight loss. To those suffering from overweight or obesity, the reduction of weight is a relatively simple matter. Consmue less calories and exercise more to burn the calories stored in your fat cells.

Seriously we are inadvertently destroying our planet's ability to support life. This is currently a serious situation but if we do not take effective action immediately then we and especailly our children will experience the full effects of global warming. These effects are changing weather patterns, decreased food prodution and polluted air.

PLEASE TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY AND LOBBY YOUR POLITICIANS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE AND EFFECTIVE STEPS TO CONTAIN AND HOPEFULLY REVERSE THIS THREAT. FAILURE TO TAKE TIMEOUS ACTION CAN RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC SITUATION WORLDWIDE.

GO WELL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS,

SIDNEY WILLIAMS