Biofuels could produce more greenhouse emissions than standard fuels

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Biofuels such as biodiesel from soy beans can create up to four times more climate-warming emissions than standard diesel or petrol, according to an EU document released under freedom of information laws.

The European Union has set itself a goal of obtaining 10 percent of its road fuels from renewable sources, mostly biofuels, by the end of this decade, but it is now worrying about the unintended environmental impacts.

Four major studies are under way.

Chief among those fears is that biofuel production soaks up grain from global commodity markets, forcing up food prices and encouraging farmers to clear tropical forests in the quest for new land.

Burning forests releases vast quantities of carbon dioxide and often cancels out many of the climate benefits sought from biofuels.



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[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

More consequences that have the exact opposite effect of what was intended proving that the entire thing is based on keeping people ignorant and misinformed in addition to food riots to fuel a political fashion based on lies from a bunch of money-hungry megalomaniacs.

[The Village Idiot]