Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-03-11-Speech-2-431"
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"en.20080311.35.2-431"2
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"Madam President, I welcome the recognition of the potential for a considerable increase in biogas production. It ticks the boxes of helping livestock farmers tap into an alternative income stream and, at the same time, makes a worthwhile contribution to the environment by solving problems allied to the disposal of agricultural waste.
A third distinct advantage for biogas is that, unlike biofuels, it need not hinder food security but, rather, help it. Therein is a key advantage for biogas: using waste rather than crops, it does not discourage essential feedstuff production or food production itself.
The fledgling biogas sector needs meaningful start-up support with a uniform support instrument across the EU rather than the sporadic patchwork of support which we have at the moment. Extra research support to exploit second-generation biogas as a biofuel is a forward-looking necessity. So there is much that can and should be done to promote biogas and, at the same time, make agriculture more sustainable.
I believe in the EU we grossly miscalculated in over-indulging biofuels. Let us not compound that error by undervaluing biogas."@en1
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"Jim Allister,"1
"on behalf of the NI Group"1
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