I have serious doubts about biofuels addressing the problem of climate change. It looks like the medicine could be much worse than the cure.
A study by a Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen talks about nitrogen fertilizers used in biofuel production, and he 'counts the cost' of productive food land being used for biofuel production. As I understand it, the nitrous oxide (a greenhouse gas) generated from fertilizer used in biofuel production is quite toxic within the stew of greenhouse gasses.
The 'big voices' in the sphere of biofuel are using very strong words .. 'A crime against humanity', because of the threat to food production.
The big news right at the moment, is that Australia, one of the last hold-outs, has just signed the Kyoto accord. We're sure in for an interesting two weeks. Does anyone know who the delegates are from the DR? I mean to the Bali Conference.
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