Larry Goodman and Biodiesel from Animal Fat

Mailman

http://www.rte.ie/business/2006/0711/Goodman.html

Basically he will make bio-diesel from a by-product of his meat industry.

Seems like a winner of an idea for him.
Bribe a few politicians and he can get a lower duty rate on the bio-diesel he produces or bribe a few politicians and get an extra carbon tax added to fossil diesel.

Not really what I'd consider green or environmentally friendly fuel but it should be carbon neutral - a bit of a dilemma for green vegetarians there though.

BTW bough a litre of vegetable oil from Lidl today - the label says it's made from Rape Seed Oil - should work a treat in an old indirect injection diesel car.

PDD

Backhands galore, about 6 proposals for bio-fuels plant have been rejected by an Board Pleanala including communal bio-mass or biofuel production plants. The most recent being the the conversion of the old Suicra plant to continue processing sugar beet to produce biofuel.

http://www.finegael.ie/fine-Gael-News.cfm/year/2006/month/3/action/detail/newsid/27819/level/page/aid/10/

Again all down to gob****es!

Does anyone know of a political site for Ireland that is pratical and useful not just a ranting arena.

BendiBus

I think it's a little unfair to accuse An Bord Pleanala of accepting backhanders. They've regularly shown themselves to be made of sterner stuff. Are you just jumping on the bandwagon of blaming corruption for all decisions you dislike?

PDD

I never accused an Board Pleanala of accepting backhanders or at least it wasn't my intention but I can see how the statement could be misinterpreted in that way.

As for jumping on a bandwagon I have a very dim view the political and civil service infrastructure in this country. It equally applies to any organisation that claims to be doing the best job possible and even when the organisation is demonstrated to have failed in some regard its reaction in ensuring that this failure will not be repeated falls far short of achieving this.

This applies to all most all "professional" bodies but this flaw is an inherent property of all organisations that form a community because it requires a commitment to practices that run counter to the inherent security that one expects from being part of a community. Practices such as commiting to the most basic principles of accountability and transparency in any decision making process.

Oldtree

As a green vegi this idea makes me sick, literally! I can see this happening but I understand that the ratio of vegi production to meat production is 13 or so, i.e. 13 vegi dinners to 1 meat dinner from the same area of ground. Possibly this could mean 13 litres of bio diesel to one litre, so not a sustainable venture.

Re an bord P

16th June 2005

Dr. Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the reason a quarry owner in County Mayo can get exempted development status from An Bord Pleanála while aerial photography shows that no quarry existed at that time, although false information was submitted, and now the quarry owner is about to get full registration, although enforcement notices to cease illegal activity at the quarry have been issued by Mayo County Council and the quarry owner continues to supply the local authority for road building in Mayo.

boomshackala

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Not really what I'd consider green or environmentally friendly fuel but it should be carbon neutral -

Hardly carbon neutral...these animals have spent a lifetime belching and farting methane and CO2 into the atmos..without generating any oxygen..

Mailman

By carbon neutral I mean that the animals would still be doing the exact same things as before irrespective of whether they're animal fats were being incinerated as a waste product or used more productively to make bio-diesel.
if a lorry burns a litre of fossil diesel then that is more CO2 in the air. If a lorry burns a litre of bio-diesel instead of fossil diesel made from animal fat that is less CO2 in the air.
I'm a vegitarian BTW.