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[Sustain] Call-In/Rally Save SF's State Park Wilderness From Toxic Condo Project!
by Eric Brooks 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

ALERT! Call-In & Rally To Save San Francisco's Only State Park Wilderness Area From Toxic Condo Development! http://our-city.org/events/index.html Friday Sep 4, 11am, 350 McAllister St Next week State Senator Mark Leno seeks to pass a bad bill that will allow Lennar Corporation to build a high priced condo project on up to 25% of the wildlife habitat and parkland in San Francisco's Candlestick Point State Recreation Area! WHAT YOU CAN DO FIRST: Call Senator Leno at 415-557-1300 with the comment "Please withdraw SB 792. Don't give away one inch of California's only urban state park!" THEN: Join us with Stop Lennar Action Movement and San Francisco Supervisors John Avalos and Eric Mar, to demand that Senator Leno withdraw SB 792! WHERE: 350 McAllister (between Larkin and Polk near SF Civic Center) in front of the California State Building. WHAT: Press Conference and Rally WHEN: Friday September 4, 11am For more on Lennar's history of corporate abuses see page 3 of our Fall 2007 Update at http://our-city.org/Update-Oct07.pdf -- This alert sent by: Our City 1028-A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 415-756-8844 For more information about Our City campaigns go to: http://www.our-city.org info(a)our-city.org

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[Sustain] Corporate Personhood Takes A Jab On The Chin!
by Eric Brooks 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Hi all, See below. This court decision could be an important new step on the road to eliminating 'corporate personhood' being used for capitalist gain. http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Predatory_Landlord_Scheme_Starts_To_Unr… Predatory Landlord Scheme Starts To Unravel in East Palo Alto by Dean Preston of Tenants Together‚ Sep. 03‚ 2009 Court Grants Injunction Against Illegal Rent Increases On September 1, San Mateo Superior Court Judge Steven Dylina granted plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction in the closely watched Oberle v. Page Mill Properties class action lawsuit. The injunction will bar Page Mill and its related companies from collecting or enforcing rent increases that do not comply with the limits of the East Palo Alto Rent Stabilization Ordinance. The ruling represents a major setback for Page Mill's plans in East Palo Alto. After gobbling up more than half of the rent-controlled apartments in East Palo Alto, Page Mill Properties immediately began imposing huge rent increases and evicting tenants at unprecedented rates. The company has repeatedly sued the city over local laws protecting tenants and filed unsuccessful petitions to raise rents. Page Mill Properties has also invoked the controversial Ellis Act to evict outspoken tenant activists, prompting accusations that the evictions are retaliatory. The Oberle litigation involves Page Mill's effort to exploit a "mom-and-pop" exemption from the local rent law. Under the exemption, owners of four or fewer units are not subject to the rent increase limitations of the RSO. Page Mill created numerous companies, each to own four or fewer units, and then these companies imposed huge rent increases claiming to be exempt from the ordinance. The Court squarely rejected Page Mill's argument that each of its corporate entities was to be considered separately. Applying the alter ego doctrine, the court disregarded the corporate forms set up by Page Mill in evaluating whether these entities could qualify for the exemption as owners of less than five units. The Court found that the tenant plaintiffs had shown such a "unity of interest" that the separate corporate personalities "do not in reality exist," and that the multiple entities had been used as conduits for a single enterprise. The court determined that recognizing the corporate entities would lead to an inequitable result. The hearing lasted the entire day on Tuesday. Plaintiffs' counsel, Robert Hawk and Ryan Marsh of the law firm Hogan & Hartson, successfully argued that Page Mill's companies inconsistently claimed to be a single entity when it served their purposes, but then claimed separateness when trying to evade tenant protections through the "mom-and-pop" exemption. The most moving part of the hearing came near the end, when, after hours of technical legal arguments, Ryan Marsh went through the stories of individual tenants whose declarations had been submitted to the court. Marsh offered stories of tenants whose rent increased from 45% to 75% in a single year under Page Mill ownership. He noted individual tenants who are forced to work overtime to afford the rents, including one tenant who is paying 90% of his income to rent, another who had to stop taking heart medication due to lack of funds, and another who was forced to go to a food bank because of the rent increases. On the same day as the hearing, the San Jose Mercury News reported that Page Mill is facing financing problems that could lead to foreclosure. According to the article, "ownership of more than 1,700 units in East Palo Alto is in question after the company failed to make a $50 million payment to Wells Fargo Bank last month." Page Mill is urging Wells Fargo to renegotiate the terms of the loan, but tenant advocates question why Wells Fargo should renegotiate with a property owner with Page Mill's track record. The article also notes maintenance problems at Page Mill buildings, with pools recently being shut down by city health officials (including one that is bright green with algae), raising further questions about why Page Mill should be allowed to continue managing the property. "Page Mill's record is toxic. I can't imagine why any lender would want to be associated with this company at this point." noted Andy Blue, an organizer with the statewide tenant rights group Tenants Together. Page Mill's activities in East Palo Alto have also received significant financing, to the tune of $100 million, from CalPERS, California's public employee pension fund. Tenant and labor advocates have criticized CalPERS' involvement, noting that the pension fund's members are effectively funding a scheme to displace CalPERS' members from their affordable homes. Tenants Together has urged CalPERS to intervene to protect EPA tenants, and to adopt "predator free" guidelines for real estate investments to make sure public employee pension funds are never again used to partner with a predatory landlord. Chris Lund, a Page Mill resident and organizer with the EPA Fair Rent Coalition commented, "The judge's rulings are significant and unambiguous victories for East Palo Alto tenants. Page Mill's lender, Wells Fargo, and its partner, CalPERS, should take note." The injunction in the Oberle case is expected to be issued at a hearing on September 28, prior to October rent being due for the tenants. Dean Preston is the Executive Director of Tenants Together. ### -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." – Che Guevara

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[Sustain] State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference Sept 29, 30, October 1
by Martin Zehr 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

September 29, 30 & October 1, 2009 Oakland Marriott at City Center, Oakland Home Sponsors Schedule Registration Venue Hotel Info Call for Posters Poster Session Students Volunteers Drug Disposal Jean Auer Award CCMP Awards Contacts The State of the Estuary Conference provides a biennial assessment of the ecological health of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. This conference will bring the latest information about the estuary's changing watersheds, impacts from major stressors, recovery programs for species and habitats, and emerging issues. This year's theme "Our Actions, Our Estuary" reflects the ownership and responsibility we share in sustaining a healthy estuary. It also recognizes that individual actions make a difference. Our speakers and panels will discuss the Estuary's current and upcoming challenges, especially climate change and sea level rise, to help us identify new actions needed to anticipate and respond to the likely changes in the years ahead. How can we build resiliency from the ground up, city by city? What will the impacts of climate change and other stressors be on the Estuary's fish and wildlife and how can we help mitigate for those impacts? And how can we better engage Bay Area communities in the future of the Estuary? The late afternoon poster session receptions offer an opportunity to talk informally with those involved in current research and restoration activities. Poster Abstract submissions are now closed. Register Online - Early Bird Deadline September 4th The Conference Program is now Available - NEW! Hotel Reservation Information is now available – New! No Drugs Down the Drain – Bay-Friendly Medicine Disposal at Conference – New! New information will be posted on this web site as it becomes available. For additional information, please contact the San Francisco Estuary Partnership at 510-622-2398. To return to the SFEP home page click here.

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[Sustain] Alert: Email To Keep Nukes Out Of Senate Climate Bill
by Eric Brooks 26 Aug '09

26 Aug '09

*Nuclear Information and Resource Service* <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ckHOXGyi822O4fWeSepjv…> _*YOUR*_* SENATORS ARE CRITICAL!* *TAKE ACTION NOW FOR A STRONG CLIMATE BILL, * * AND AGAINST TAXPAYER BAILOUTS OF THE* * NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY!* August 26, 2009 Dear Clean Energy Advocate, I'm writing because you live in a state where one or both of your Senators is considered critical. Critical to passing a strong climate bill, and critical to making sure the climate bill does not turn into a bailout of the nuclear power industry. Senate Environment Committee chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass) intend to introduce the Senate climate bill shortly after Labor Day. The Committee is expected to begin its work soon thereafter. It is essential both that the Senate climate bill be much stronger than the House version (and NIRS was one of 300+ groups that sent a letter to Boxer today urging a stronger bill) and that the Senate bill not include a taxpayer bailout of the nuclear power industry. **Because your Senator(s) is on our key votes list, **please send a letter to them now here* <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RgZOzBpBbj8UIK%2F6f4Y…>*.* **And, for the first time, we've set it up so you can send a fax to your Senators if you'd like (just check the box that says "send fax"). This is even more effective than e-mail. /But we have to pay for these faxes!/ So, if at all possible, please make a small donation to help us cover the cost of these faxes <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PMrHd9Ex5YoFD0QUf%2F8…>.* It will be very difficult to get 60 votes in the Senate to pass any sort of climate bill. And some Senators are arguing that adding billions of dollars of new taxpayer loan guarantees and other subsidies for the nuclear industry will help get the votes needed for passage. _But this is a ruse:_ the Senators who most want to spend billions of your money on new nuclear reactors aren't going to vote for a climate bill anyway. And, because nuclear power is the most expensive, least effective means of reducing carbon emissions, a bill saddled with billions of dollars of nuclear subsidies would no longer be a useful or strong climate bill. Indeed, such a bill should be defeated and the Senate forced to try again. Because the vote margin will be so close, we need to both support and keep up the pressure on those Senators who don't want nuclear subsidies. If their votes for a climate bill are in jeopardy because of nuclear bailouts, then these bailouts become less likely. *That's why it's important for all of us to take this next step, and e-mail and/or fax your Senators now. <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DK1FsjSt7dM3GgMkrbwO5…>* *And **please help us pay for all these thousands of faxes here* <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2F8HU%2FywFzsnBhhrvG…>*.* Not everyone on our list is receiving this Alert; only those of you in states where at least one of your Senators is a critical vote. And because /your/ Senator(s) is critical, so is /your/ action. Please act today. Thanks for all you do, Michael Mariotte Executive Director Nuclear Information and Resource Service nirsnet(a)nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org> www.nirs.org <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7vKV%2BZ1DJKvVTiRsfh8…> P.S. If you're on our snail mail list, you'll soon be receiving postcards for your Senators. Please fill those out and send them back to us as soon as you can. And if you'd like postcards for your friends and colleagues to fill out, or to use at information tables at concerts, conference and the like, let us know: nirsnet(a)nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org> And don't forget, it's not too late to visit your Senators district offices while they're still back home. Many are still holding town hall meetings you can attend. While many of these are oriented toward health care reform--clearly a crucial topic--how about going and asking about the health of the planet as well? ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Sustain] [Fwd: [G-I-wg] First Petition of the Petition Season]
by Don Eichelberger 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

Here is a new petition in circulation which tries to require 2/3 vote to implement Community Choice or spend any public money to implement public power. Looks like something we need to be concerned about. Don

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[Sustain] News: Monitor Triggers PG&E Nuclear Reactor Shut-Down
by Eric Brooks 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=105378318 Online monitor prompts shutdown of reactor at Diablo Canyon: Bushing identical to one that failed last year and caused a fire will be inspected David Sneed Aug 14, 2009 (The Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Operators at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant shut down the facility's unit 2 reactor Thursday to inspect and possibly repair a transformer bushing. An identical component on the same unit failed a year ago, causing an explosion and fire. The reactor was shut down at 1 p.m. Thursday after an online monitoring system identified a possible problem with the bushing, said Emily Christensen, PG&E spokeswoman. The shutdown will enable workers to conduct an in-depth inspection and make repairs if needed. Each of Diablo Canyon's two reactors has three transformer banks, which feed electricity generated by the plant into the electrical grid. The bushing connects the transformer to the high-voltage transmission line. A bushing on a different transformer bank of the same unit exploded in the middle of the night in August 2008 with enough force to break nearby windows. Insulating oil caught fire. No one was injured in that accident, but it caused the unit to be shut down for 20 days while repairs were made. Operators do not know how long this shutdown will last because they do not yet know whether repairs will be needed, Christensen said. The other unit continues to operate at full power. Reach David Sneed at 781-7930. -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." – Che Guevara

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[Sustain] Alarming Report On Genetic Modification For Fuel Production
by Eric Brooks 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

Hi all, GeneWatch UK has just released a new report on the many proposed uses and dangers of using genetically engineered organisms to produce biofuels. Perhaps the most alarming section of the report is on the possibility of genetically modified micro-organisms being developed to be particularly aggressive at breaking down the crucial protective cellulose skeletal structure in plants. The report notes that these aggressive traits would be very useful to naturally occurring plant disease microbes, and it is quite possible that those aggressive cellulose decaying traits could be transfered to such wild microbes and therefore trigger extensive and more rapid plant die-offs. If such modified organisms were then to spread extensively in the wild planet-wide, they could trigger a mass rapid collapse in plant species. Such a mass die-off would vastly increase CO2 in the atmosphere, and conceivably could even result in a total collapse of virtually all life on the planet due to a catastrophic meltdown in the survival of plants. To read a four page summary of the report go to: http://www.genewatch.org/uploads/f03c6d66a9b354535738483c1c3d49e4/Biofuels_… To look over the full 72 page report go to: http://www.genewatch.org/uploads/f03c6d66a9b354535738483c1c3d49e4/Genewatch… peace Eric -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." – Che Guevara

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[Sustain] More Biofuel Madness In SF (This Time Algae)
by Eric Brooks 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Hi all, I regret to report yet another tale of biofuel madness from San Francisco; this time regarding algae. The story below (which actually naively promotes as good, an incredibly dangerous and frankly ridiculous idea) highlights just how much of a Frankenstein's monster algae based biofuel will become if we let it proceed any further. (Also note my public response comment at the end, for a concise blurb with which to challenge the nonsense proposed in the article..) http://www.sfbg.com/printable_entry.php?entry_id=8950 <http://www.sfbg.com/printable_entry.php?entry_id=8950> The algae solution /GREEN CITY: The San Francisco Bay may soon host a dramatic new environmental project/ By Gabrielle Poccia The San Francisco Bay may soon host a dramatic new environmental project that backers say could solve three problems at once: clean wastewater, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and produce biodiesel fuel. Yet it's gotten remarkably little attention. "For the most part, people are just ignoring me," says Jonathan Trent, a researcher at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, who is one of the driving forces behind the project. The new technology Trent and his colleagues have created is called OMEGA (Off-shore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae). The idea is to grow large colonies of freshwater algae in what amounts to large plastic bags floating in the bay. Wastewater from local sewage plants and carbon sequestered from power plants would provide food for the algae, which then produce oxygen and freshwater along with an oil that can be refined into fuel. The OMEGAs are giant semi-permeable membranes; the design allows freshwater in but keeps saltwater out. Using algae for biofuel isn't new --- there are a number of algae farms on land. But they require large amounts of real estate and fresh water and enough electricity to keep the water moving. In this case, light from the sun provides the energy, and the motion of the waves stirs the algae around. Trent is looking at ways to collect the freshwater that gets released by the OMEGAs --- potentially another major breakthrough for a state desperately short of water. Trent has shopped his project all over the world and many countries have showed interest, but he believes San Francisco is the perfect fit. "The people of San Francisco really have an enlightened attitude and are aware that something needs to be done to fix the problems we've created," he told us. "It's a great place to demonstrate to the world that this is a feasible technology." The OMEGA project still faces political hurdles. Trent recently survived an internal audit. And U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) has been critical of federal spending for biofuel projects. But the scientist isn't discouraged. "Actually I'm glad we have been audited," he said. "I've been able to get attention and show that not only does our system not use water, it actually produces clean water." On July 29 the project received approval for an $800,000 grant from the California Energy Commission. According to Trent, the approval for the grant was ready for approval months earlier, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to put it on hold because of the budget crisis. The CEC grant is coming just in time. A previous grant, from Google, was due to run out at the end of September. "We're optimistic that if people see that the CEC has invested, maybe others will want to invest," Trent said. "But we need more than just financial resources --- we need brain power as well. The next step is to find engineers to really make this a workable option." Trent would like to get a working model up and running within the next 18 months and hopes to see a full-scale operation in place in five years. San Francisco may be the first city to host OMEGA. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission staffers have met with Trent and are cautiously optimistic. "Although it is just at the preliminary stages of discussion, it doesn't dampen our excitement about the project," said Tyrone Jue, spokesperson for the SFPUC. "We have to know what good we will get out of it and if it is feasible in this area." Environmentalists caution that it's far from a perfect solution to the planet's problems. Sierra Club staffer John Rizzo notes that "biofuels themselves are not a good solution. It's a good bridge, but they are still burned and create carbons that are bad for the planet." In the short term, however, it sure beats drilling for oil off the California coast. Wednesday August 5, 2009 ( 1 comment | Comment on this article <http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=8950&catid=&volume_id=398&issue_id=4…>) *brookse* on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 11:18 PM You have got to be kidding... You are actually asking readers to believe that covering the bay with giant plastic bags, filled with sewage and genetically engineered algae (yes - genetically engineered - just do a good web search on algae biodiesel and you'll discover this little inconvenient reality); bags which also separate salt from the baywater leaving it unnaturally saline and therefore deadly to wildlife; bags which of course will end up leaking their toxic genetically engineered soup into the bay; you are seriously asking us to believe that this is actually a good thing... Readers, for the straight story about the incredible screwed-up-ness of the recent biofuel craze and how it is drastically messing up our planet even more quickly than global warming, go to the Biofuel Watch web site at: [link] <http://biofuelwatch.org.uk/> Eric Brooks San Francisco Green Party Sustainability Working Group *Comment on: The algae solution* In order to comment on an article, you must *Log In.* <http://www.sfbg.com/reg/login.php?_return=/entry.php?entry_id=8950>

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[Sustain] August 10 SFPUC Clean Energy Stewards Meeting 4:30pm
by Eric Brooks 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

///lspanjian(a)sfwater.org <mailto:lspanjian@sfwater.org>/ wrote: Energy and Renewable Power Stakeholders: The SFPUC invites you to the next Clean Energy Stewards meeting on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 4:30 pm. Please let us know if you would like any specific item on the agenda. A final agenda will be sent next week. We hope to see you on August 10 from 4:30-6:30 pm at the SFPUC offices (1155 Market Street, 6th Floor). Please RSVP to Bart Broome: bbroome(a)sfwater.org <mailto:bbroome@sfwater.org> Thank you. Laura */Laura Spanjian/* /Assistant General Manager/ /External Affairs/ /San Francisco Public Utilities Commission/ /1155 Market Street, 11th Floor/ /San Francisco, CA 94103/ /(415) 554-1540 direct/ /(415) 554-3424 fax/ /lspanjian(a)sfwater.org <mailto:lspanjian@sfwater.org>/ **P**/*/ Please consider our environment before printing./*/

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[Sustain] Fuel From Factory Animal 'Waste' Parts & Factory Fishing 'By-Catch' Rising Threat
by Eric Brooks 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Hello all, The shift to 'waste' animal parts based biodiesel is clearly becoming serious. You've seen my report about the Darling rendering plant in San Francisco. Last week there was a report about arctic shark and other 'by-catch' being used as biodiesel feedstock, and this week a NY Times report on chicken plucking remnants being turned into 'waste for fuel' biodiesel. See both reports below my signature. These are not isolated incidents. The 'biodiesel' industry, seeing that anti agrofuel organisers are successfully turning cities like Berkeley and Seattle away from its obviously unsustainable plant based biofuels, is desperately grasping for another feedstock that it can pawn off to the public as 'sustainable' 'waste' 'recycling'. It is clear they've decided that this feedstock is 'waste' animal parts and 'by-catch' from the incredibly environmentally destructive factory animal farming and factory fishing industries. This now makes our work to stop the local Darling animal biodiesel plant critically important to the entire planet; because San Francisco may well be the knock-out-the-keystone leverage point needed to flatly reject, as inherently un-sustainable, any fuels made from factory ag renderings and factory fishing by-catch. In the next few weeks, I am going to start an active coalition to oppose factory animal and fishing based biofuels and will need co-organizers. Please email me one-on-one at brookse32(a)aim.com if you are willing to attend a meeting once every two months or so to help organize against the alarming rise of these animal based franken-fuels. Keep in mind, right now it is shark, chickens, pigs and cows. How long will it be before Japan, or some other whaling country, decides to make biodiesel out of whale blubber? We are rapidly and truly reverting to the even more planet destroying nineteenth century energy paradigm if we don't put a stop to this now! Please RSVP. Eric Brooks - brookse32(a)aim.com Here are the reports: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/artek-plans-to-produce-biofuel-from-shark/ * ARTEK plans to produce biofuel from sharks* Aditi Justa <http://aditij.instablogs.com/> | Jul 20 2009 Researchers at the Arctic Technology Center in Sisimiut in Western Greenland are on their way to producing biofuel from sharks' oily flesh. A lot of research and experiments are being undertaken for this purpose. The pilot project <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jZYaPI6X7WN8mk_GAsM1-YGz…> funded by the EU in Uummannaq will use shark's meat blended with wastewater and macro-algae to form a fish mince to be further used to produce biofuel. Thousands of Greenland sharks already lose their lives being trapped into the deadly nets of the anglers. Hence, it's a sensible way to utilize the decaying bodies. In order to utilize these dead beasts in a better way, Joegensen will perform tests at the organic waste treatment plant. ARTEK's innovative solution will produces biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel> from sharks and other sea products, which could provide 13 percent of energy consumption in the village of Uummannaq. Although it is claimed that the Greenland sharks are not in danger of extinction but the International Union for the Conservation of nature <http://www.iucn.org/> and the Danish branch of the Worldwide Fund for Nature do not quite agree to this. Therefore, using sharks to produce biofuels does not sound like a very good idea. It would rather be better to look for some other sustainable energy alternatives. *The New York Times* July 28, 2009 A Recipe for Biodiesel, Plucked From Poultry By HENRY FOUNTAIN <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/henry_fountain…> Those researchers in the department of chemical and materials engineering at the University of Nevada <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/u/univers…> in Reno are at it again. Last year they showed the world that it was possible to make biodiesel <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/biofuels/ind…> fuel from coffee grounds. This time, it's chicken feathers. In a paper <http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf900140e> in The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Mano Misra, Susanta K. Mohapatra and colleagues describe how they extracted fat from chicken feather meal and converted it into good-quality biodiesel. Feather meal, which is commonly used as fertilizer or animal feed, is a byproduct of large-scale poultry production and often includes blood and offal. It can contain up to 11 percent fat. The researchers extracted the fat by boiling the meal in water and converting it to biodiesel by a process called transesterification. They say that there is enough feather meal produced in the United States alone to create about 150 million gallons of biodiesel a year. That's just a drop in the bucket, really, but the researchers note that most current production of biodiesel uses vegetable oil, and as demand for the fuel grows there is likely to be competition for the oil between food uses and fuel uses. Thus it's important, the researchers say, to seek alternative sources for biodiesel production --- with the goal, as they put it, of "food for hunger, waste for fuel." Copyright 2009 <http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/copyright.html> The New York Times Company <http://www.nytco.com/>

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