Say no to palm oil as fuel
Target:
Helsinki City Transport and the Helsinki City Council
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Helsinki City Transport plans to increase the use of palm oil as fuel. Biofuels made out of palm oil could be the only fuel used in the bus traffic already next year. The use of palm oil destroys rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia, leads to the extinction of the orangutan and other species, causes human rights problems and is one main factor in the climate change. Last year, a World Bank report put the loss from deforestation at 2.6 billion tons a year, making Indonesia the third largest source of CO2 on Earth, behind China and the United States.
In 2008 Oxfam estimated that, by 2020, emissions associated with Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil production, stimulated by EU biofuel policies both for biodiesel and the replacement of domestic edible oils, would total around 4.6 billion tons of CO2. Forest clearance and peatland conversion accounts for most of this. This level of total emissions is 68 times the savings the EU hopes to make from using biofuels by 2020.
Public transport should be environmentally friendly and not the opposite!
Please sign the petition, which is addressed to the decision makers in Helsinki!
In 2008 Oxfam estimated that, by 2020, emissions associated with Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil production, stimulated by EU biofuel policies both for biodiesel and the replacement of domestic edible oils, would total around 4.6 billion tons of CO2. Forest clearance and peatland conversion accounts for most of this. This level of total emissions is 68 times the savings the EU hopes to make from using biofuels by 2020.
Public transport should be environmentally friendly and not the opposite!
Please sign the petition, which is addressed to the decision makers in Helsinki!
Helsinki City Transport plans to increase the use of palm oil as fuel. Biofuels made out of palm oil could be the only fuel used in the bus traffic already next year. The use of palm oil destroys rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia, leads to the extinction of the orangutan and other species, causes human rights problems and is one main factor in the climate change. Last year, a World Bank report put the loss from deforestation at 2.6 billion tons a year, making Indonesia the third largest source of CO2 on Earth, behind China and the United States.
In 2008 Oxfam estimated that, by 2020, emissions associated with Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil production, stimulated by EU biofuel policies both for biodiesel and the replacement of domestic edible oils, would total around 4.6 billion tons of CO2. Forest clearance and peatland conversion accounts for most of this. This level of total emissions is 68 times the savings the EU hopes to make from using biofuels by 2020.
Public transport should be environmentally friendly and not the opposite!
Please sign the petition, which is addressed to the decision makers in Helsinki!
In 2008 Oxfam estimated that, by 2020, emissions associated with Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil production, stimulated by EU biofuel policies both for biodiesel and the replacement of domestic edible oils, would total around 4.6 billion tons of CO2. Forest clearance and peatland conversion accounts for most of this. This level of total emissions is 68 times the savings the EU hopes to make from using biofuels by 2020.
Public transport should be environmentally friendly and not the opposite!
Please sign the petition, which is addressed to the decision makers in Helsinki!
We the undersigned hope Helsinki City Transport would not use palm oil as fuel in the bus traffic. Public transport should be environmentally friendly and we would like it to be so also in the future. The use of palm oil destroys rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia, leads to the extinction of the orangutan and other species, causes human rights problems and is one main factor in the climate change. Last year, a World Bank report put the loss from deforestation at 2.6 billion tons a year, making Indonesia the third largest source of CO2 on Earth, behind China and the United States.
In 2008 Oxfam estimated that, by 2020, emissions associated with Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil production, stimulated by EU biofuel policies both for biodiesel and the replacement of domestic edible oils, would total around 4.6 billion tons of CO2. Forest clearance and peatland conversion accounts for most of this. This level of total emissions is 68 times the savings the EU hopes to make from using biofuels by 2020.
Using the rainforests as fuel is a huge ecological disaster, which we have to put an end to before it is too late.
Thank you for taking your time to read this letter.
In 2008 Oxfam estimated that, by 2020, emissions associated with Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil production, stimulated by EU biofuel policies both for biodiesel and the replacement of domestic edible oils, would total around 4.6 billion tons of CO2. Forest clearance and peatland conversion accounts for most of this. This level of total emissions is 68 times the savings the EU hopes to make from using biofuels by 2020.
Using the rainforests as fuel is a huge ecological disaster, which we have to put an end to before it is too late.
Thank you for taking your time to read this letter.
We signed the "Say no to palm oil as fuel" petition!
# 139:
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2:13 pm PDT, May 21,
Suzanna Van der Voort, Netherlands
"We do not inherit Our Earth from Our Ancestors, We borrow it from Our Children...." ~Native American proverb~ Our planet earth is our only home, we can't escape to other planets when our home is destroyed by the hands of man and no life is possible any more by the palm oil-industry. Please stop further destruction of our homes and that of many wildlife and stop the palm oil-industry NOW and for ever. Leaders at the top should take their responsibilities for all lives here on this planet and they should not only think of "making money" Quote: When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money. - Cree Prophecy - |
# 138:
8:22 pm PDT, May 20,
Corean Gonzales, Mississippi
# 137:
2:15 pm PDT, May 16,
Rich Pedersen, Oregon
# 136:
1:59 pm PDT, May 16,
C Robb Worthington, Washington
Please don't further the destruction of rainforests through the creation of palm oil plantations. If the market for the oil goes away so will the need for the plantations. Don't buy biodiesel made from virgin palm oil!
Please don't further the destruction of rainforests through the creation of palm oil plantations. If the market for the oil goes away so will the need for the plantations. Don't buy biodiesel made from virgin palm oil!
# 135:
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10:33 am PDT, May 16,
Whitney Sickels, Netherlands
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# 134:
9:10 am PDT, May 16,
Melissa M., Florida
I understand your desire to move away from petroleum-based fuels but the creation of palm oil is just as destructive to the environment & native habitats. Please reconsider!
I understand your desire to move away from petroleum-based fuels but the creation of palm oil is just as destructive to the environment & native habitats. Please reconsider!
# 133:
7:40 am PDT, May 16,
Beth Sopko, New York
The extinction of the orangutan is too high a price to pay for cheap biofuels. Using imported palm oil as fuel is not a good solution to your transportation needs; it puts twice as much CO2 into the atmosphere. We will perish as a society if we don't learn to live in balance with th rest of the world; it is not ours to plunder.
The extinction of the orangutan is too high a price to pay for cheap biofuels. Using imported palm oil as fuel is not a good solution to your transportation needs; it puts twice as much CO2 into the atmosphere. We will perish as a society if we don't learn to live in balance with th rest of the world; it is not ours to plunder.
# 132:
7:03 am PDT, May 16,
Daniel Ferguson, United Kingdom
It astounds me that with all the science out there we are still going backwards. The repercussions are clear. Authorities should be setting an example to be followed. Please re-evaluate and make the right decision.
It astounds me that with all the science out there we are still going backwards. The repercussions are clear. Authorities should be setting an example to be followed. Please re-evaluate and make the right decision.
# 131:
6:16 am PDT, May 16,
Jennifer Bone, Virginia
Come on guys...get a brain! (and a heart while your at it!)
Come on guys...get a brain! (and a heart while your at it!)
# 130:
6:07 am PDT, May 16,
Jennifer Brown, Canada
Come on guys, when is it going to be enough?? Leave the rain forests alone!!!
Come on guys, when is it going to be enough?? Leave the rain forests alone!!!
# 129:
5:46 am PDT, May 16,
Tim Stack, California
For more impact, add a personal comment here
For more impact, add a personal comment here
# 128:
5:26 am PDT, May 16,
Christopher Mims, New York
Biofuels - and especially biodiesel from palm oil, which directly displaces tropical forests - are actually worse than oil, because of the carbon released into the atmosphere on account of the ecosystem that was destroyed to grow these fools. They are not a good long term or even short term solution - you are much better off moving toward hybrid buses or, ultimately, the complete electrification of your mass transit system. Please look into the *real* impact of biodiesel - this is a horrible mistake and the eyes of the world are upon you.
Biofuels - and especially biodiesel from palm oil, which directly displaces tropical forests - are actually worse than oil, because of the carbon released into the atmosphere on account of the ecosystem that was destroyed to grow these fools. They are not a good long term or even short term solution - you are much better off moving toward hybrid buses or, ultimately, the complete electrification of your mass transit system. Please look into the *real* impact of biodiesel - this is a horrible mistake and the eyes of the world are upon you.
# 127:
5:01 am PDT, May 16,
Karen Collins, Wisconsin
# 126:
12:18 am PDT, May 16,
Amanda Taylor, Florida
# 125:
5:55 am PDT, May 14,
Julia Hölker, Germany
# 124:
2:59 am PDT, May 12,
S.j Stoneman, New Zealand
why does consumption and money consume western society so much. we have no where else to go and yet we continue to destroy the only things we really need, clean water, clean air, and green forests. do those in higher positions just not consider environmental concerns, why is it that we must fight corporations to stop environmental destruction. though if there was no demand there would be no industry
why does consumption and money consume western society so much. we have no where else to go and yet we continue to destroy the only things we really need, clean water, clean air, and green forests. do those in higher positions just not consider environmental concerns, why is it that we must fight corporations to stop environmental destruction. though if there was no demand there would be no industry
# 123:
11:56 am PDT, May 1,
Sorcha Diana, Ireland
# 122:
7:58 pm PDT, Apr 23,
Sarah Shaneman, Canada
# 121:
9:41 am PDT, Apr 20,
Sophie Szeferowicz, France
# 120:
3:06 am PDT, Apr 20,
Ivona Parkaceva, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of
# 119:
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6:54 pm PDT, Apr 19,
Leigh Bennett, Georgia
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# 118:
8:14 pm PDT, Apr 18,
Nyack Clancy, New York
# 117:
11:20 am PDT, Apr 18,
Timothy Stewart, Oregon
# 116:
7:34 am PDT, Apr 18,
Rebecca Fulco, New Jersey
# 115:
1:47 pm PDT, Apr 17,
Jamie Lee, California
# 114:
3:37 am PDT, Apr 14,
RICHARD DEGG, United Kingdom
How short sighted can these people be !! don't they have the common sense to see the big picture.Cutting down the rainforests will only accelerate global warming while in the short term destroy the natural habitat and eco systems relied on by so much wildlife.Also the big supermarkets should find an alternetive to the palm oil that they put into the everyday foods that are sold.
How short sighted can these people be !! don't they have the common sense to see the big picture.Cutting down the rainforests will only accelerate global warming while in the short term destroy the natural habitat and eco systems relied on by so much wildlife.Also the big supermarkets should find an alternetive to the palm oil that they put into the everyday foods that are sold.
# 113:
2:50 am PDT, Mar 29,
Familie Rens,Hanke, Germany
# 112:
2:05 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Margaret Sweeny, United Kingdom
# 111:
5:16 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Kayleigh Degg, United Kingdom
i hate the fact palm oil is in just about everything these days, it is unnecessary to be in foods and make-up, specially when some products of a simualar kind are made without it! i try my best to avoid eating and using anything with it in, but its soo hard when its not labelled clearly. To then even consider using it as fuel is mad, alls its doing is destroying beautiful areas of rainforests! please please put a stop to palm oil!
i hate the fact palm oil is in just about everything these days, it is unnecessary to be in foods and make-up, specially when some products of a simualar kind are made without it! i try my best to avoid eating and using anything with it in, but its soo hard when its not labelled clearly. To then even consider using it as fuel is mad, alls its doing is destroying beautiful areas of rainforests! please please put a stop to palm oil!
# 110:
7:58 am PDT, Mar 20,
Jacqueline Robinson, Georgia
# 109:
7:44 am PDT, Mar 13,
David N Moore, Connecticut
# 108:
3:08 pm PST, Mar 6,
Claudia Tapia Guerrero, Mexico
Trees give oxygen... they mustn't be used for fuel.
Trees give oxygen... they mustn't be used for fuel.
# 107:
7:46 am PST, Mar 3,
Sabine Yenen, Turkey
# 106:
4:58 am PST, Feb 27,
Karin D'Antonio, Germany
# 105:
9:21 am PST, Feb 25,
Mary Hockett, Alabama
# 104:
9:50 pm PST, Feb 24,
Michelle Hunter, New Zealand
# 103:
10:14 pm PST, Feb 23,
Reinhard Behrend, Germany
# 102:
1:16 am PST, Feb 23,
Ruth Rogers, Colorado
# 101:
7:54 am PST, Feb 21,
Holly Travis, Tennessee
