Thursday, 10. May 2007

Biofuels Could Do More Harm Than Good, UN Report Warns


The global boom in biofuels is laden with environmental and social risks, even as it presents strong new prospects for mitigating human-caused global warming, a new UN study says.

The study also suggests that biofuels—energy sources derived from plant matter like corn or sugarcane—would serve better for heating and industrial power than for cars and buses, as is the current trend.

nationalgeographic.com

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