Biopolttoaineiden huonot puolet

Toisin kuin jotkut sanovat:

… several new studies show the biofuel boom is doing exactly the opposite of what its proponents intended: it’s dramatically accelerating global warming, imperiling the planet in the name of saving it. Corn ethanol, always environmentally suspect, turns out to be environmentally disastrous.

Viljan viljely biopolttoaineeksi ei ole kovin tehokasta:

The grain it takes to fill an SUV tank with ethanol could feed a person for a year.

Lisäksi:

Four years ago, two University of Minnesota researchers predicted the ranks of the hungry would drop to 625 million by 2025; last year, after adjusting for the inflationary effects of biofuels, they increased their prediction to 1.2 billion.

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