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Biofuels Make Greenhouse Gases Worse
vortex2.71 sends us to the Seattle Times for an account of two studies published in the prestigious journal Science pointing to the conclusion that almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse-gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these "green" fuels are taken into account. "The benefits of biofuels have come under increasing attack in recent months, as scientists took a closer look at the global environmental cost of their production. These plant-based fuels were originally billed as better than fossil fuels because the carbon released when they were burned was balanced by the carbon absorbed when the plants grew. But that equation proved overly simplistic because the process of turning plants into fuels causes its own emissions — for refining and transport, for example. These studies... for the first time take a detailed, comprehensive look at the emissions effects of the huge amount of natural land that is being converted to cropland globally to support biofuels development."
yeah, because waste cooking oil is available in such large quantities.
stop acting like you have some insight into this issue. if you did you'd never have made such a ridiculous suggestion.
Just as I thought the entire world had gone crazy, a small glimmer of hope! The genuine care for the environment that people have is being made into a religion, with a hierarchy of money grabbing priests and cardinals in every political party...tax this, tax that - level the forests, just pay the tax for it!
Somebody is actually selling the right to create carbon dioxide...it is so stupid I can't believe it is really happening.
Toxic waste pouring into rivers, whaling, levelling the rain forests - these are real environmental issues that have completely disappeared from the agenda because of this windmill of a problem, the huge money-circus called "global warming".
I fear that when people wake up and realise how they have been fooled, if they ever do, environmental causes will suffer for generations.
The United States does not get much oil from the Middle East. eia.doe.gov, I've typed it so many times, they got the numbers, go and read.
Texas produces as much oil for our Union as does Saudi Arabia (folding in Texas's share of the offshore production to get this number).
When the United States protects the free flow of oil at market prices, it is a gigantic gift to Japan and the ungrateful scum of Europe.