As biofuels boom, will more go hungry?
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Using plants to feed our fuel needs may be a great idea, and the biofuel goldrush could be a moneyspinner for several poor countries, but some experts warn people may go hungry as food prices rise.
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According to two studies published this week in Science, when all relevant factors are accounted for, biofuels produce more greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels.
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The full emissions costs of producing biofuels are higher than producing conventional fuels, scientists said.
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Because of rising demand for ethanol, American farmers are growing more corn than at any time since World War II. And sea life in the Gulf of Mexico is paying the price.
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The perceived risk of relying on foreign oil and the desire to create fuel from domestic sources guarantees that biofuels will become competitive with crude oil. In Autopia.
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Sequencing of the poplar tree may lead to cheaper, more plentiful biofuels.
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RADCLIFFE, Iowa -- Corn farmer Jim Handsaker has found a slew of ways to ride the heartland boom in biofuels that is reshaping the economy of rural Iowa.
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Fools share their thoughts on ethanol and energy.
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Some key provisions include: ÃÂ· Using 36 billion gallons of biofuels yearly by 2022
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Plans to make cars greener by using fuel made from crops and animal fat are in doubt
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The full emissions costs of producing biofuels are higher than those of producing of conventional fuels, scientists said.
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Long used by farmers as a guard against grazing animals and erosion, a plant called jatropha is now being hailed as a potentially ideal source of biofuel.
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PARIS, Jul 13 (IPS) - While oil profits have flooded into countries such  as Angola and Nigeria in recent decades, some African observers  see new potential for the continent in the form of increasingly  in-demand biofuels.
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Biofuel may be the future of energy consumption but the rush to embrace it is driving up the price of corn, causing water shortages and driving poor farmers from their land, a U.N. official warns.
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Biotechnology might be used to boost  the energy output of crops used in making renewable fuels, a  U.S. Agriculture Department advisory committee said on  Wednesday, noting the sharp rise in demand for the fuels.
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Even in the Midwest where ethanol is most popular, its success as an alternative fuel is far from assured.
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Making ethanol from corn is expensive. Better biofuels are years away from the gas tank. But do we really have any alternative?