With land wastage at present levels there should be commitments by governments to investigate improved usage to benefit the environment. The common agricultural policy is the epitome of bad management and a scandalous waste of resources. Biomass energy creation has been a known science for decades and its advantages over hydrocarbons dismissed due to the cheap cost of “conventional” fuels. That tax payers should subsidise land wastage is a crime with present day problems involving green house gases and global warming. It seems convenient to forget that emissions are only a direct result of the oil and gas that comes out of the ground. The equipment, pipelines, transport etc. has used up an enormous amount of energy in their manufacture |