something big is cooking at arw-land, page-8

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2011/s3264033.htm

Quote: "The funding will be for new technologies and innovative management practices such as improving soil carbon, reducing pollution from livestock and crops, and enhancing sustainable agricultural practices, as well as biochar, biofuels and new crop and grazing species."

Possible future opportunities apart from those that already exist in the mining industry:

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/unfolding-the-road-map-to-more-carbonfriendly-skies-20110709-1h7zr.html

Quote: "AUSTRALIAN airlines could be flying on biofuel derived from plants as early as 2015, with carbon taxes and soaring oil prices making the switch nearly inevitable.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/9815384/all-is-ready-for-carbon-tax-details/

Quote: ""So we're going to suffer all this pain," Mr Katter told ABC1.

He repeated his assertion that climate change was not a concern.

"There is no science ... that would convince me in a million years.

Mr Katter, even though he does not accept climate change as a reality, suggested the answer was increased biofuel use.

"Why haven't they gone to biofuels?"
"If you want to reduce the CO2 (carbon dioxide) then do something tangible about it.""

Then there is Europe.

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/technology/initiatives/biofuels_flight_path_en.htm

Quote: "The European Commission's services, in close coordination with Airbus, leading European airlines (Lufthansa, Air France/KLM, & British Airways) and key European biofuel producers (Choren Industries, Neste Oil, Biomass Technology Group and UOP), have launched an exciting new industry wide initiative to speed up the commercialisation of aviation biofuels in Europe."

Exciting times ahead ;-)

Pandelis