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Biofuels Great for Security/Economy but Bad for Environment « Chemistry for a sustainable world

By chemrat 273 days ago from http://greenchemistry.wordpress.com

A discussion of the recent study indicating that the majority of biofuels may achieve independence from foreign oil at the expense of the environment, ecology, health of top-soil, and water supply. Both the quality of water and the levels of critically-important water tables will be negatively affected by many crops grown spec

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Alternative Ethanol Fuel Won’t Improve Future Air Quality | Highlight HEALTH

By chemrat 268 days ago from http://www.highlighthealth.com

A summary and interpretation of scientific publications which indicate that using ethanol as a liquid fuel will not improve air quality. This is additional information that must be considered when judging the relative merits of various approaches to alternative fuels. Bioethanol will not solve all of our problem, though, as a

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Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing

By chemrat 211 days ago from http://greenchemistry.wordpress.com

Discussion of two stories about food prices and their rather different tones. A story from the NYT gives equal time to all sides of the issue of food vs. fuel, pointing out that developing countries are becoming increasingly enraged by the use of their land to feed Western biofuel needs at the expense of feeding the local popu

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Tags: food prices corn ethanol biofuels energy policy

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» Biofuels. Salvation of the world? evawhite.com:

By askme 206 days ago from http://www.evawhite.com

Biofuels, biofuels, biofuels it’s everywhere these days. You find politicians making headlines on it, environmental groups protesting against it, scientists publishing various reports on the helpful/harmful nature of the fuels, car companies advertising their ‘biofuel compliance’. Phew! That’s a lot of them! So, I decided to se

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Michaelann Land: Not everyone can walk their way out of hunger

By michaelannb 178 days ago from http://michaelannland.blogspot.com

If you were hungry, would you try to walk out of hunger at 250 calories a mile, knowing you might be shot as you reach the border? Biofuels, the fuel shortage and increased demand are taking their share of blame for the world food crisis, but there's more than one way to wind up hungry. Solutions are possible, but the longer