Whitehead and biofuels.

In recent weeks the issue of biofuels has come to the forefront. Last week the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation – 2.5 % of fuel now comes from biofuel.

Why is Mr Whitehead and the liberals and labour group in Southampton very quite on this subject? One can guess the reasoning why, the failed Millbrook CHP scheme. The merits are well known but what has been an issue is the fuel source.Mr Whitehead apart from overseeing nearly £1.5 million of public money being spend with nothing to show apart from a few pictures. One of the areas which until very recently Mr Whitehead was pushing was championing was the use of Palm Oil, he says he got government to change the value to 2 ROC’s.

The idea of using palm oil has never been a good one. I objected to the idea back in 2006 saying the idea of transporting a fuel source half way round the world which has serious implications on the wildlife of the area that it is produced (especially the orang-utans) was madness. Now we have nearly every organisation saying how biofuels are producing higher food prices and have bigger carbon emissions.