information on biofuels are potential alternative of the fossil fuels for group discussion in class
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The greatest motivator for producing biofuels is the global warming caused by the constant burning of fossil fuels. On the other hand, the biofuels are supposed to cause less pollution, and they are also biodegradable.
Of course this means food that could have been used to feed millions of starving people is being used to produce fuel. According to World Bank around 100 million people face starvation in the wake of the current food-shortage crisis. Although many claim that the food shortage has been triggered by a sudden shift in the eating habits of people in China and India, the impact of biofuel production on food-security cannot be ignored. You can also add to this the accelerated rate of deforestation once every kind of plant can be used as fuel, and once more and more land is needed to grow crops needed to produce oil.
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A Worsening Food Crisis (Washington Post)
Biofuels scheme may damage environment (Telegraph UK)
Biofuels igniting global crisis for food, people and the planet (The Activist)
Bio-fuel is part of the solution, not a complete answer. It need not take food from those who lack. Bio-mass that is not currently used for food can be part of the source. Algae farms on land that is not used for other uses is also a part of the picture. To ignore the need of transport vehicles using a fuel substitute is to ignore the very bases of change needed to replace fossil fuels. We must at least for a time embrace the use biofuel to power the ships, airplanes, and trucks that deliver our goods.
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Of course this means food that could have been used to feed millions of starving people is being used to produce fuel. According to World Bank around 100 million people face starvation in the wake of the current food-shortage crisis. Although many claim that the food shortage has been triggered by a sudden shift in the eating habits of people in China and India, the impact of biofuel production on food-security cannot be ignored. You can also add to this the accelerated rate of deforestation once every kind of plant can be used as fuel, and once more and more land is needed to grow crops needed to produce oil.
Related Articles
A Worsening Food Crisis (Washington Post)
Biofuels scheme may damage environment (Telegraph UK)
Biofuels igniting global crisis for food, people and the planet (The Activist)
Bio-fuel is part of the solution, not a complete answer. It need not take food from those who lack. Bio-mass that is not currently used for food can be part of the source. Algae farms on land that is not used for other uses is also a part of the picture. To ignore the need of transport vehicles using a fuel substitute is to ignore the very bases of change needed to replace fossil fuels. We must at least for a time embrace the use biofuel to power the ships, airplanes, and trucks that deliver our goods.
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