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The Jane Goodall Institute
Jane Goodall says biofuel crops hurt rain forests - Reuters "Primate scientist Jane Goodall said on Wednesday the race to grow crops for vehicle fuels is damaging rain forests in ...
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biodiesel
For more information on this, see Biofuel Watch. what can I do? buying biodiesel: biodiesel is not yet available at most petrol ... make biodiesel from this batch of waste cooking oil biodiesel is a biofuel, made from plant oils, not fossil fuels. Biofuel crops absorb the carbon dioxide emitted when biofuels are burnt a home ...
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Beer and Climate Change
Reducing Barley Crops A second set of challenges facing the brewers is presented by the growing trend to develop biofuels in Germany. The highly encouraged “Biokraftstoffquotengesetz” (German Biofuel Quota ... of barley. Many citizens blame the move on the government for its subsidization of biofuel crops and plead for it to cease, because, as elementary economics predicts, the higher demand ...
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Conservation International - Saving Forests
Pristine jungles are burned and cleared for farming and ranching, or for plantations to produce biofuel crops. Cities and villages expand, prompting industrial development that supplants forests. Loggers extract more trees than ...
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Latest Solar Energy News - EnergyPortal.eu
Latest Solar Energy News Uncertain future for first generation European biofuel industry Monday, 05 May 2008 The third international Biofuels SUMMIT and EXPO, held last week ... would take into account all environmental aspects of biofuels processing and production, from the way biofuel crops are tilled and fertilized to the kinds of energy -- coal, natural gas or biomass, for ...
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EcoWorld - Biofuel
"If Brazil can do it, so can California."... Factory Farmed Biofuel - Ramesh Suri Planted in the wrong places, biofuel crops crowd out food production and drive up food prices, and encourage ... grow these exciting crops will do much to alleviate fuel shortages and spread prosperity throughout the world... Alternative Fuel That's Already Here - Jeff Schafer If biofuel crops yielding 1,000 ...
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Biofuel myths - Friends of the Earth Scotland
Take action Local Groups News Jobs & volunteering Contact us Home > Campaigns > Climate Change > Biofuels Biofuel myths Biofuels are being touted as the environmentally-friendly solution to transport fuels. However ... the climate effects -- there are other downsides to many biofuels. What sort of downsides? Biofuel crops take land -- which could otherwise be used to feed people. This is contributing ...
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Friends of the Earth: MPs call for biofuel moratorium
Skip navigation and title Home > Campaigns > Biodiversity > News > MPs call for biofuel moratorium Search | Sitemap | Contact Home ---------- Join ---------- Campaigns Press for change Press Releases Resources ... a moratorium on biofuel targets and the MP committee has followed this recommendation. Biofuel crops threaten the world's forests We believe that the current biofuel model and ...
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Biofuel | Energy Office | Florida DEP
Florida-grown crops, agricultural wastes and residues, and other biomass and to enhance the value of ... bioenergy technologies; and to provide information and technical assistance. top Energy Sources Hydrogen Solar Biofuel Ethanol Wind Last updated: December 20, 2007 Copyright © 2008 State of Florida Disclaimer ...
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EIA Energy Kid's Page- Ethanol a Biofuel
Biofuel Ethanol -- A Renewable Fuel Ethanol Made from Crops History of Ethanol Ethanol as a Transportation Fuel Ethanol and the Environment links page ETHANOL MADE FROM CORN AND OTHER CROPS Ethanol is ... starch in the corn is fermented into sugar, which is then fermented into alcohol. Other crops such as, barley, wheat, rice, sorghum, sunflower, potatoes, sugar cane and sugar beets can also ...
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