jmw
Industrial
- Jun 27, 2001
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Several news articles on this and more to found on Google...
But bio-fuels make money... we had another thread on the downside of bio-fuels before, but this study suggests some will actually aggravate the situation.
Of course, what bio-fuels do is compete with food crops and food prices rise.
Nestle chair blames bio fuels for food price rises...
Food prices means poorer people struggle in cultures where food is already a problem and it is suggested by some that food prices have contributed to the unrest in some middle eastern countries....
The road to hell..... as they say but one questions whether the intentions were good....
JMW
Taking into account the emissions produced throughout the production process, the study found that jatropha would emit between 2.5 and 6 times more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels.
But bio-fuels make money... we had another thread on the downside of bio-fuels before, but this study suggests some will actually aggravate the situation.
Of course, what bio-fuels do is compete with food crops and food prices rise.
Nestle chair blames bio fuels for food price rises...
Food prices means poorer people struggle in cultures where food is already a problem and it is suggested by some that food prices have contributed to the unrest in some middle eastern countries....
The turmoil raging across the Middle East has been ascribed to a host of political and economic problems, among them inflation fanned by rising food and energy prices.
…there’s been a lot of commentary that says U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is at least indirectly responsible for Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya because food inflation was the straw that broke the camel’s back in terms of social unrest.
The road to hell..... as they say but one questions whether the intentions were good....
JMW