"The Great Plains of Kansas are being transformed by America's thirst
for alternative fuels. Some are calling it an ecological disaster.
Leonard Doyle reports from Beaumont
Published: 19 October 2007
Beaumont, (pop 286, 70%% Rep, 30%% Dem,) is a town so tucked away in the
Flint hills of Kansas that it boasts its own fly-in hotel.

It is way off the beaten track, far from the bustle of the
Interstates, the four-lane arteries that slice through the Great
Plains. It was here that I met Pete Ferrell, a rebel rancher burning
with anger at the way he says American agriculture is being subverted
to the detriment of the planet.

And now almost unnoticed by urban America, one of the great ecological
disasters of modern times is unfolding as an ethanol-fuelled gold rush
engulfs the Great Plains and risks destroying what is left of North
America's most endangered ecosystem, the native prairie. The last 35
million acres of prairie, deliberately left alone to preserve a
precious ecology, is being ploughed up to produce ethanol from
corn..."

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"Doug" riseup.net> wrote

Yet more Doug Bollen cut'n paste crap, and yet again Doug Bollen is
unwilling or unable to respond to points addressed to him in previous posts.

"Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
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Off topic in uk.transport and notably content free as far as Doug is
concerned.

When are you going to post something with some intelligence. accept that you
tell lies and apologise to the people that you've abused?

On Oct 19, 7:25 am, "Brimstone - Bane of Doug" n...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

I wonder if Doug would keep quiet if the land was being used to farm
soya..

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Doug - Now a proven liar and deceiver who wants both high and low food
prices but can't admit to the fact that he does so...

"Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
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[Snip copyright material]

You could just post that link without the violation of copyright.

On Oct 19, 11:09 am, "Depresion" <127.0.0.1> wrote:

Actually, deep linking can also sometimes get you into bother. The
whole issue is a legal mine field.
Certainly deep linking is a grey area; violating copyright the way
Doug often does isn't.

On 19 Oct, 07:25, "Brimstone - Bane of Doug" n...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Liar. Fuel is a global issue.

Look who is talking! Hypocrite!. When are you going to address the
topic instead of just posting empty abuse?

Doug wrote:

Abuse noted.

Did you actually read that article? It's not about fuel.

Fod wrote:

"Doug" riseup.net> wrote

Oh, the irony!