False economy: fuel types compared - drive.com.au

A fuel derived from plants might appear to be a cheap and green alternative but exclusive Drive research proves this is not the case.

A fuel-efficiency showdown between the three most-popular types of petrol on the market concludes the ethanol blend will cost you more in the long run and may not even help the environment.

Woodstock Sentinel Review - Ontario, CA

Ms. Schofield suggested looking at the successful use of wind energy in Europe. In Germany and Spain, natural gas generators are installed to offset the unpredictable output from the wind. The generators output nearly matches the wind turbines output. Protests in France, Denmark and Holland have caused stiff restrictions to be placed on further wind turbine construction. In June 2008, an independent study of the success of wind turbines in the U.K. determined that wind power was "expensive, unreliable, and not saving any natural gas." In the U.S., Senator Alexander looked at independent studies and determined that wind power provided "puny amounts of high-cost unreliable power." No fossil fuel facilities have been shut down or not built due to the roughly 50,000 world-wide wind turbines.

I'll fund Plane Stupid even if they break the law again | News

MARK Constantine, multi-millionaire patron of the anti-aviation activists Plane Stupid who stormed Stansted and brought it to a standstill, is unrepentant. "I'm looking for someone of stature to show leadership in this country. Until we get that, I'll be championing the likes of Plane Stupid, even if it means supporting actions that are illegal," he says.
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But Constantine, 56, whose cosmetics company Lush has 600 stores worldwide, has come under fire for wanting it both ways. Pro-aviation groups have branded the tycoon - who has shops at airports in Tokyo, Toronto and Orlando and had a branch at Heathrow's Terminal 3 before shutting it in 2004 because it was unsuccessful - a hypocrite of the worst kind. How, they ask, can he profit from airport travellers while supporting a radical group that disrupts people going on holiday and believes short-haul flights should be banned?

Speaking at his Carnaby Street office among soaps shaped like fruit and vanilla-scented "bath-bombs", Constantine dismisses his critics. "I'm no hypocrite," he says. "I've never said I'm against airports, just airport expansion. I personally fly to the US, Japan and Europe six times a year and people from my company fly all the time. Sadly, there is no environmentally safe way to fly but I do worry about the impact, which is why we charge the company a double carbon tax for every flight we make and then donate that money - £72,000 so far - to half-a-dozen environmental organisations, one of which is Plane Stupid."