新帝国主义者在二十一世纪的显著卷标

新帝国主义者在二十一世纪的显著卷标

(大观系列四﹕人类及其命运)

(李良书简二零零七年七月十四日之二)

　　欧洲人民为保护欧洲土地上的野生动物, 群起要求降低和限制活化燃油(Biofuel)的种植场在欧洲土地上的扩张(见后附之新闻稿 Biofuel expansion threatens Europe’s wildlife).

　　西欧北美等发达国家人民在本身不愿降低生活水平的前题下, 诸如此类的活动将与日俱增. 西方财团在本身民意的压迫之下, 将更激动以活化燃油发展为名的新殖民行动, 对南方落后国家土地和资源的侵凌跟当地人民的奴役将变本加厉; 而挟其更进步的资本运作跟更严密精细的组织经营能力, 势将较 过去老帝国主义者的”船坚炮利”更具欺骗性, 更易令人陷入一种 ”被人卖了, 还忙着给人数钞票” 的无尽悲惨境地. 新帝国主义者在二十一世纪的显著标签, 跟过去三百年老帝国主义者在亚非美洲的巧取豪夺, 无恶不作的行径实在没有甚么两样, 只是题目更时髦化, 宣传更市场化, 手法更精密化而已!

　　我愿在此总结“从费特尔卡斯特罗跟乔治布什的南北对话看活化燃油的未来”一文中的若干观点, 归纳为以下五点, 以唤起人们良心上之觉醒, 正视这在未来必然发生的灾难.

　　1. 资本主义为主导的市场经济

　　以资本主义为主导的市场经济, 每隔一段时间, 就要推出一种高投资, 高回收, 资本集中却又高度劳力密集的独占性工业. 如由纺织工业, 到汽车工业, 到半导体和计算器工业, 到网络工业, 到方今跟生物科技息息相关的活化燃油工业. 资本主义仰赖市场经济的阵地得以存活,

　　2. 羊毛出在羊身上!

　　北方的工业化国家, 早已设定了活化燃油的进度. 欧盟诸国在二零一零年的指标是, 包括乙醇(Ethanol)跟活性柴油(Bio-diesel)在内, 活化燃油要占交通用燃油的百分之六; 二零二零年前, 要达到百分之十. 美国则要在短期内年产活化燃油三百五十亿加仑, 占年消耗量的百分之十二.  北方工业化国家设定的目标, 大大的超过了它们本身的农业作业能力. 照那种目标来进行, 欧洲将要用上它农业用地的百分之七十, 美国就要赔上全国玉米和大豆年生产量的总和. 所以如在原地生产, 北方工业化国家里的农地就要全体报消. 羊毛出在羊身上! 于是这些参与国际经济合作跟发展组织 (Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development) 国家的脑筋, 就动到南方的头上.

　　3. 巨大的新兴利益团体

　　在过去短短的三年里, 投资于建立活化燃油公司的原始资金就增加了八倍. 大利之所在, 资助研发活化燃油的私资也是蜂涌如潮. 而在市场经济的运作之下, 为着活化燃油工业的发展, 资本跟权力的集中既迅速而又极端. 大型石油业, 汽车业, 以及基因工程业等公司, 以合作名义, 巧妙的躲过了政府反垄断法的监督, 把食品跟活化燃油的研发, 制造, 包装, 以及运送批发等一系列过程都包办了, 变成了一个巨大的新兴利益团体.

　　4. 大型奴工营

　　这个巨大的新兴利益团体所控制的大型活化燃油的原料种植场, 也就必然地变成了一种变相的大型奴工营, 就跟当年帝国主义的东西印度公司经营的农场, 或美国早年以黑奴为主的棉花和烟草种植场没甚么两样. 因为所须土地跟市场的广泛, 这个巨大的新兴利益团体在资本主义的市场运作之下, 将会吸收跟消化了现存所有的制作活化燃油的小型资本跟农庄, 成为一个超巨大的养殖怪物. 他们将独占垄断包括育种, 进出口买卖, 制造, 跟有关的服务业. 小型资本跟农庄将在市场跟种地两方面全被肃清. 在这个巨大的新兴利益团体运作之下, 南巴西, 北阿根庭, 整个的巴拉圭, 以及东波利维亚, 整个约占五千万亩的土地, 早已无声无息的被转换成了一个土广奴多的大豆共和国(Republic of Soy).

　　5. 南方大饥荒

　　活化燃油原料的价格, 因供求的市场关系将必然上涨, 而农产食品跟活化燃油的原料作物也在土地跟资源上互相竞争, 于是两者互为因果, 价格均会节节上涨. 根据国际食品政策研究所的调查, 日常食物的价格, 保守的估计, 将在二零一零年前涨 百分之三十; 在二零二零年前, 涨幅会超过百分之一百. 南方穷国家里的人民, 本就已化掉他们年均收入百分之五十到八十来裹腹. 食品涨价的结果, 就意味着在二零二零年前, 南方人民日进的热量将要起码减少一半, 势将引起史无前例的末日型的大规模饥荒. 残酷的是, 北方国度对这未来的南方世界人民灭种式的大饥荒, 只会抽手旁观, 有如当年发生在非洲卢安达的大屠杀.

　　“故人不独亲其亲, 不独子其子!”

　　这句话, 希望朋友们都能永怀在心!

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Biofuel expansion threatens Europe’s wildlife
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 9:46 am
Press Release: Biofuelwatch

　　http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0708/S00181.htm

　　PRESS RELEASE For immediate release – 13th August 2007
Joint Press Release by Biofuelwatch, Ecological Internet and Rainforest Rescue

　　Biofuel expansion threatens Europe’s wildlife as agricultural set- asides are to be scrapped
Millions of farm birds could be left without enough food and breeding sites next spring if plans to scrap Europe’s agricultural land set-aside targets for next year go ahead, warn environmental groups. Plans to set a zero set-aside targets from October this year have been announced by the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Mariann Fischer-Boel, as a response to rising food prices. Those plans are to be ratified by ministers this autumn. Several studies confirm that set-asides have become a vital habitat for many of Europe’s endangered birds and insects, and that farm birds have declined by nearly 50% on average since 1980. Over 5300 people have written to European politicians this month, asking for the plans to be dropped and supporting a moratorium on biofuel targets. 
 
　　Glen Barry, Director of Ecological Internet explains: “Dramatic declines in insect, bird and wild flower populations show that many of Europe’s ecosystems are under extreme stress from intensive agriculture and climate change. Our future depends on protecting healthy ecosystems. We need real cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, with massive cuts in energy use as well as truly sustainable renewable energy, such as wind and solar power. More intensively farmed monocultures cannot be part of the solution.”

　　Almuth Ernsting from Biofuelwatch adds “There is no doubt that the expansion in biofuels is pushing up food prices. The European Union are committed to stopping biodiversity losses by 2010 but those plans will almost certainly make this impossible. Our birds and insects must not be sacrificed for biofuel expansion. We need a moratorium on EU biofuel targets and incentives now – and we need to keep our set asides until they can be replaced with better environmental safeguards.”

　　Few environmental NGOs regard the current set-aside system, as being the ideal instrument for protecting farmland biodiversity, although it provides a safety net for many species. Many NGOs hope that a ‘health check’ of the Common Agricultural Policy in 2008 will lead to more targeted environmental safeguards. However, there are widespread concerns that sudden scrapping of all set- aside targets without any replacement or reform will devastate bird and insect populations.

　　According to Reinhard Behrend from Rainforest Rescue, Germany, “biofuel expansion is already causing rainforest destruction and the displacement of large numbers of communities in the global South. At the same time, poor people are hit hardest by rising food prices whilst Europe burns more and more food in cars. The only logical solution is to suspend biofuel targets, whilst drastically reducing our overall fuel use.”