Biofuels do harm, aren't they?
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Impact of biofuels on food/land
December 6, 2009
yes as Arable land is limited and demand for food growing with global growing populace impact of biofuel production will defintely be felt. with every challenge comes an opportunity Japan/Germany rebulit themselves after war losses.with limitation of land we have opportunities to enhance crop yields, look for alternates beyond land in water bodies and also in vertical farming. also look at waste and unarable lands and develop them.
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Sam TimpanoPresidentSam Timpano & Associates
Biofuels from nonfood chain feedstock sources are viable alternative fuels
November 4, 2009
The biofuels and alternative energy project models that were originally based on feedstock materials from the food chain commodities have been shown to a failure, something many already knew.Not only did they add to the upward pressures on food chain commodities, especially corn and soyoil, they brought added deforestation pressures in several developing economies.Additional fertilizers and pressures on already low water supplies in some areas were additional exacerbations to the equation.The new generation of feedstock for biofuel production will be from nonfood chain sources and will add new benefits into the biofuel equation.
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Why Biofuels are Good for the Us, the Environment and the Economy
November 4, 2009
Food vs fuel proponents argue biofuels replace food crops, therefore causing food shortages For the following reasons this is a short sighted argument. 1. Most crops used for biofuels production in the US aren't for human consumption, their alternative use is as animal feed2. A co-product of the ethanol production process is a feed ingredient that replaces much of the nutrient value derived from the corn 3. Biofuels reduce the demand (and price) of oil which encourages further world trade
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November 3, 2009
Review of recent article on biofuel viability
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Biofuels – Just One Component Of A Long Term Solution
October 31, 2009
Biofuels are fuels such as bioethanol, biobutanol or biodiesel made from plant or less commonly animal material or food waste. Bioethanol and biobutanol are typically used to reduce the amount of gasoline used while biodiesel is used to lower the amount of diesel fuel used. Although the first generation biofuels are not economically viable, second generation biofuels should be more economically attractive and thus part of a strategy to reduce long term our dependence on fossil fuel.
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Bio Fuels - Temporal Business Choice
October 31, 2009
Holistic approach let's conclude that business and investment into bio fuels are in contradiction to principles of sustainable development same as corporate business responsibility and can’t assure positive assessment from society in long term perspective. A sense of responsibility and interests of safety of investments should advise to businessmen to choose not burning kinds of energy sources like wind, solar, water, etc.
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October 29, 2009
Biofuel is frequently billed as the temporary panacea for reducing dependence on fossil fuels. However, there is substantial evidence that production of biofuels using traditional ethanol (corn based) causes substantial environmental harm and contributes to higher food costs.
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Biofuels are Just One of the Alternatives of Renewable Energy
October 29, 2009
Production of biofuels (ethanol) from corn is not the ultimate goal for biofuel development. Production of ethanol from a cheaper, more sustainable raw material, such as cellulosic materials, will gradually replace the corn-ethanol technology, therefore reducing the concern on food shortage.
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October 26, 2009
Bio-fuel is one of the renewable energy resources available to the US and other countries. However, to say that bio-fuel is also responsible for high food prices is not entirely correct.
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October 26, 2009
The questions of biofuels causing a decrease in food supply and increasing costs is in fact true in part. The corn and soy based fuel systems were and still are causing the costs to rise. We need new sources of green fuel which is not food based.
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October 25, 2009
Sugar, Beets, Corn, Rape and Soybeans are the current feedstock for bio ethanol, but the potential for cellulosic, algea and seaweed based ethanol, butanol and other developing fuels has very large potential to offset fossil fuels. Certainly, it is not sustainable to take food and escalate prices over the long term, farmers have ramped up as demonstrated by the bumper crop in corn this year, but prices have not fallen. The US needs to put the research, development and implementation funding into cellulosic biofuels, biomass and biogas because they represent North America's ability to get off fossil fuels, the current ethanol and biodiesel industry have started to established an infrastructure for this conversion over time. Other sustainable alternatives including plug in hybrid and pure electric vehicles from wind, hydro and solar sources will also reduce our dependance on crops for fuel.
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Graeme BethuneChief Executive OfficerEnergyQuest (Australia)
October 24, 2009
The debate continues on whether biofuel production has adverse impacts on food supply and production. However another way of looking at the question is whether, in the absence of subsidies, biofuels can compete with food.
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October 24, 2009
The supply of oil is running out - biofuels grow using solar power on the same area of land. They are sustainable.Food cost increased through panic buying by forward traders.
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