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Nathanael

(398 posts)
Thu May 17, 2012, 12:54 PM May 2012

The Biofuel Greenhouse Gas Emissions Labyrinth

As governments roll out public policy directing increased biofuel production for all sectors of the transportation industry, serious questions around environmental sustainability still remain.

Although the food versus fuel debate -- should arable land be used to grow energy crops, or food crops be used to fuel our cars instead of our bodies -- has long been a part of the biofuel story, the issue is becoming more complex.

Link: http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/biofuel-greenhouse-gas-emissions-labyrinth

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The Biofuel Greenhouse Gas Emissions Labyrinth (Original Post) Nathanael May 2012 OP
What say we just start using less liquid fuels of any sort? GliderGuider May 2012 #1
 

GliderGuider

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1. What say we just start using less liquid fuels of any sort?
Thu May 17, 2012, 02:23 PM
May 2012

There is no carbon footprint lower than a liter of hydrocarbons you don't burn.

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