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added 2008 Sat Feb 9 7:00:00 by unknown user
A new study shows that biofuels are not a viable climate change solution. The study shows that converting natural land to farmland for biofuels is far worse for the environment than traditional fossil fuels. The study author calls for more benign renewable sources ? including wind and solar energy. Saved By: David Connell | View Details | Give Thanks
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 19:15:38 by populist
Roland Clift will tell a seminar of the Royal Academy of Engineering that the plan to promote bioethanol and biodiesel produced from plants is a "scam".
added 2007 Wed Jun 6 17:20:22 by populist
Armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of palm oil, a biofuel that is being promoted as an environmentally friendly source of energy.
added 2007 Wed Jun 6 17:20:22 by populist
Armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of palm oil, a biofuel that is being promoted as an environmentally friendly source of energy.
added 2007 Thu May 3 20:07:00 by STONERS
There is an ethanol juggernaut moving through Congress that will call for a sevenfold increase in biofuels production _ almost all of it ethanol _ over the next 15 years. Presidential primaries, anger over gasoline prices and global warming make ethanol a potent political issue for both parties.
added 2007 Fri Apr 6 2:44:43 by populist
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Colorado State University think they've found a better way. They used computer models to figure out which biofuel sources are best at reducing greenhouse gas emission.