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Mr Wizard a1a

11/15/09 4:45 PM

#55780 RE: holter #55779

All the biodiesel stories seem to have a deep negative side. It is not particularly high-tech. There needs to be an edge - low labor costs, free feedstock, government subsidies,...

Here is one angle:

“The paramilitaries are not subtle when it comes to taking land,” said Dominic Nutt, a British specialist with Christian Aid who recently visited Colombia. “They simply visit a community and tell landowners, ‘If you don’t sell to us, we will negotiate with your widow’.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1875709.ece