We
are disposing of a unique
Ecuadorian stamp collection and a
Brain coral which we would like to see go to good homes.de Winnes, Belfast Electric Vehicles and Biodiesel as a sustainable transport fuel.
1. The UK de Winne Family Tree. If you can, help expand it or, if a De Winne, Dewinne or de Winne, feel free to use this as a post box - especially as it looks as if the de Winne name is about to die out in the UK, due to a whole clatter of daughters!
2. Belfast Electric Vehicles Initiative (electric) - the results of a study carried out by Terry de Winne with the assistance of a Millennium Commission Sustainable Communities Award in 1998/99, which resulted in him being made a Millennium Fellow, for what it's worth! The conclusions were that electric vehicles are currently (!) desirable for Belfast in the form of trolleybuses. (10 pages)
3. Biodiesel - Sustainable Fuel for Transport. The follow-on from the electric vehicles study, when it became evident that EVs weren't yet acceptable to the general public.
What are we going to do when the oil runs out, Daddy?
During the investigation, it became evident the the British Government has hindered the production of one of the most beneficial fuels for sustainable transport. Instead of offering an incentive for biodiesel to be produced and used, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (unlike many other EU member states) taxes the fuel at the same rate as petrodiesel.
This paper was produced at the request of the British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils for presentation to the various Ministers involved, and is justification of the proposal that the Fuel Tax on biodiesel be reduced in order to make it competitive at current low oil prices, enable the establishment of a British biodiesel industry and provide literally thousands of new jobs in the UK agricultural sector. (10 pages)
A second paper was produced (August 2000), following a great deal of research into what was causing the British government's negative attitude. This is over on www.biofuels.fsnet.co.uk/biocase.htm (another nine pages!) and is a firm proposal to government to reduce the tax, based on realistic production costs. Following a visit to meet the Treasury Secretary, the Green Fuels Challenge was issued by HMG and a tax break for biodiesel introduced. The full story is given, plus more on the biofuels subject on www.biofuels.fsnet.co.uk including the technical aspects of sustainable transport fuels - hydrogen, methane, the alcohols and biodiesel.
We
are disposing of a unique
Ecuadorian stamp collection and a
Brain coral which we would like to see go to good homes.
Terry de Winne may be contacted on terry@dewinne.freeserve.co.uk