[Pil-pc-oceania] GM Biodiesel plant for Goulburn (Farm Online)

[Deb Guildner]

Yes Harry,

Going by the scale of the industry proposed here, he probably doesn't care 
either.

Being on one of the busiest  (Syd-Melb) trucking highways in Australia, 
Goulburn is in a position to know what diesel fumes are all about. And also 
having a strategic fuel marketing edge.

In recent weeks there has been an explosion of biodiesel proposals put 
forward across Australia.  I am losing track of how many plant species are 
being touted as the next big crop to take over land near ....all over 
really!. (I've yet to hear of an endemic one yet).

Canola has been named as a potential source crop in earlier reports, so it 
may be in this one as well. it is grown in SE NSW. The big push for GM 
Canola is spearheading the demand for GM crops across southern Australia.

Insignificant in appearance but more versatile than vegemite, is the 
wretched Canola, or Canada Oil plant.  Going back to its roots, as rapeseed 
oil: lousy to eat, but great as a lubricant for industry.  Around and around 
it goes.  It would be a closed loop-de-loop if we could only get it out of 
our food chain.

Last but not least, the latest GM variety can be sprayed and sprayed with 
the wonder chemical glyphosate, and it wont die at all. GM HT (herbicide 
tolerant) Canola: what the world doesnt need now.  Coming to a place near 
you.

Not too late to write a reasoned letter to your local state and federal 
MP's.  I have also written to Get up! to ask them to pick up the GM issue 
and take it to their 200,000+ online subscribers to extend the campaign.  If 
anyone else wants to do so, it is a good time to forward the suggestion to 
Get up!.

Do anything, do everything, or we'll all "get #*!?*# up"!!

Cheer up!

Deb

PS:  There are also concerns that GM cottonseed oil could be in the food 
chain, so beware goods labelled as having ingredients simply stated as 
'vegetable oil'. I put them back on the shelves.






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "harry wykman" <harrybw at iinet.net.au>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] GM Biodiesel plant for Goulburn (Farm Online)


> Clearly he doesn't know the huge amount of damage that his
> (non-waste-oil) biodiesel will do to Australian and Indonesian farmland.
>
> Harry
>
> Deb Guildner wrote:
>> Breaking Rural News : AGRIBUSINESS AND GENERAL
>>
>> Biodiesel plant for Goulburn
>> By LOUISE THROWER - Australia
>> Tuesday, 9 October 2007
>>
>> Oil from genetically modified crops grown in Australia and Indonesia
>> will be used to develop a $5 million biodiesel factory in Goulburn, NSW.
>>
>> Developer Paul Menere, City Industrial Group, also plans to establish
>> a training complex, educating people about the biodiesel industry.
>>
>> The Sydney man, who is no stranger to Goulburn developments, says
>> environmental responsibility is fuelling his aim to establish four
>> factories throughout Australia, of which the local one will be the
>> centrepiece.
>>
>> "I've been involved in the diesel industry for 30 to 40 years and I
>> know the huge amount of damage fumes can do to humans," Mr Menere said.
>>
>> SOURCE: /Goulburn Post/
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