Biofuel's reputation takes another hit
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According to a couple of studies recently published in Science, biofuels may be more trouble than they're worth. Although it may sound like a great thing to run cars or planes on corn or soy (so clean!), the amount of land that has to be converted into farms in order to produce these fuel-crops will be destructive to the environment. That's because forests and grasslands are key in the effort to sequester carbon and other greenhouse gasses. Also, when biofuel is made, the amount of energy that's taken up in the refining and delivery process adds onto the total energy tab. In the end, these studies say, more carbon may be produced by biofuels than by plain old dirty oil.
Man! These scientific studies can be such a drag. I really liked the idea of feeding my car corn.
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