Vote in EU poll on biofuels

[Simon]

There's a poll today on the European Commission website you might like to participate in right now: " Should the EU stick to its target to reach 10% biofuels by 2020?"

Greenpeace and the environmental movement's answer is clearly "No".

Emerging research shows that it is most probably not possible to produce 10% of the EU's transport fuel from crops in an ecologically sound way. There's a high risk that such a target (10% by 2020) will lead to enormous pressure on increasingly scarce land, and detrimental environmental and social effects, such as massive deforestation, a sharp increase in the use of GMO's and the shift from food production for the poor to car fuel production for the rich.

Furthermore, the Commission's proposal for biofuels sustainability criteria are -- put simply -- a joke. Let's send a clear "No" message now

Industry would use a "yes" result in this e-poll to say there is public support for their goals, when clearly there is not. It's only an online poll, but we've got to win it. Please vote and pass the message on, by email, IM, facebook or whatever way you can.

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/pre...ap/index_en.htm

[mountainhiker]

There's a poll today on the European Commission website you might like to participate in right now: " Should the EU stick to its target to reach 10% biofuels by 2020?"

Greenpeace and the environmental movement's answer is clearly "No".

Emerging research shows that it is most probably not possible to produce 10% of the EU's transport fuel from crops in an ecologically sound way. There's a high risk that such a target (10% by 2020) will lead to enormous pressure on increasingly scarce land, and detrimental environmental and social effects, such as massive deforestation, a sharp increase in the use of GMO's and the shift from food production for the poor to car fuel production for the rich.

Furthermore, the Commission's proposal for biofuels sustainability criteria are -- put simply -- a joke. Let's send a clear "No" message now

Industry would use a "yes" result in this e-poll to say there is public support for their goals, when clearly there is not. It's only an online poll, but we've got to win it. Please vote and pass the message on, by email, IM, facebook or whatever way you can.

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/pre...ap/index_en.htm

With over 70% saying NO maybe someone will take note of it....

[Simon]

With over 70% saying NO maybe someone will take note of it....

Yes 26 % 3956 (27.4%)

No 67 % 10458 (72.6%)

Yes, lets hope so. :)

[only_green_no_gray]

Yes 26 % 3956 (27.4%)

No 67 % 10458 (72.6%)

Yes, lets hope so.

Yes 4334 (17.5%)

No 20456 (82.5%)

It's getting better and better :)

[ClaireLJ]

Better than voting in an opinion poll - email your MEP directly. (If you're an EU citizen of course).

http://www.foeeurope.org/cyberaction/