Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-23-Speech-4-063"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-03-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Promotion of crops for non-food purposes (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060323.6.4-063"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-23-Speech-4-0642
lpv:speaker	lp:Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; AGRI (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, it is remarkable that, when we talk of a supply crisis, everyone thinks of President Putin turning off our gas tap. No one mentions the fact that Europe as a region is among the world’s largest importers of food and that, if we maintain this standard of living, we shall barely be able to subsist. When we discuss alternative sources of income, it is also interesting to hear that the cultivation of sugar for consumption, that is, as a foodstuff, generates little or no income; so why does the cultivation of sugar for bioethanol generate income? There are some inconsistencies here. I should now like to discuss the issue of ecology: what is the situation as regards the use of genetic engineering in the cultivation of renewable raw materials? Do we not have the problem of contamination, that is, the problem of coexistence, here? Yes, we do. The cultivation of renewable raw materials also involves methods that are not ecologically sound; it is not necessarily environmentally friendly. On the subject of greenhouse gases, it has to be said that these are also kept in check by food production, so we could do with a little more moderation and a little less of the enthusiasm shown by the rapporteur, and also a little more concentration on the renewable raw materials deriving from waste products. It is also interesting to hear that grass is put to better use when recovered as biogas than as milk. If we wish to use recovery, therefore, it is important to recover straw, wood or hedges, but tying up land for renewable raw materials that we need for food is a major problem that calls for less enthusiasm and more precision."@en1

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