Biofuels Push - Food & Land concerns
April 14th, 2008 by Kishore
For those lucky enough to attend Cal Day this past weekend, there was an interesting discussion on Biofuels led by Alex Farrell. Alex had just published an Op-Ed in the SF Chronicle last month. In the article, Alex indicates biofuel production is dependent on the land used. If we use arable land or clearcut rainforest to grow corn and soy….surprise surprise, we generate more GHGs than if we just stuck with petroleum oil.
At the Cal Day event, Alex argued the need for second generation biofuels…ones that use non-arable land or waste as feedstock. Then various processing can be applied to make a wide variety of biofuels, from ethanol to hydrocarbons similar to current day petroleum. It came off as “tolerate the current structure because it supports a brighter future”.
Rather than criticize the current system, I’ll focus on the future…here’s a clip from KQED QUEST’s report on 2nd gen biofuels.
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