Bristol refuses biofuel plant

On Feb 24, the city of Bristol refused planning permission to build a biofuel plant on the grounds that biofuel is damaging rain forests. This went against the advice of city planners.

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This is exactly the sort of thing that the human self-organisational theory suggests can not take root. The theory suggests that the city will come under a great deal of pressure to overturn this decision and that the majority of other cities will not follow.

So, all we have to do is wait and see. The article is already talking about the possibility of an appeal against the city.

This is interesting because it is a counter-example to what we suggest is happening. So we'll be keeping an eye on this to see what happens.