Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-02-Speech-2-105"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020702.5.2-105"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-02-Speech-2-1062
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". In actual fact, the use of car fuels should not be subsidised by the tax authorities, and mixing in petroleum is susceptible to fraud. Even a relatively environmentally-friendly biofuel can be used as a means of promoting and justifying the increase in car traffic. The choice in favour of more public transport is preferable because this transport can make use of energy gained from water, wind and sun more easily. As the driving power used in transport vehicles, this type of energy remains the best option. Needless to say, vegetable products are preferable to drilling or extracting minerals, for which the landscape is often destroyed and polluted. The incineration of these fossil fuels is a major contributing factor to global warming. More vegetable fuel means that a larger area of agricultural land is required, and that this land will be worked intensively. The same piece of land cannot be used subsequently for producing food for our growing world population. These fuels labelled as environmentally-friendly probably promote the expansion of farmland at the expense of the tropical rainforests that have already been hugely affected. Despite this, a lower tax on biofuel which causes fewer environmental problems is, for the time being, justifiable as a means of influencing the behaviour of consumers and industry. In fact, no EU regulation is required for this, because Member States must be able to do this independently. If the rapporteur proposes to reinforce this freedom, then I will support him in this."@en1

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