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The Biofuels Scam, Food Shortages and the Coming Collapse of the Human Population

4/23/2008 - (NaturalNews) It was one of the dumbest "green" ideas ever proposed: Convert millions of acres of cropland into fields for growing ethanol from corn, then burn fossil fuels to harvest the ethanol, expending more energy to extract the fuel than you get...

Understanding the Transition From Seed Corn to Biofuels

3/21/2008 - (NaturalNews) We are about to witness and experience the greatest sustained rise in grain prices seen in the last 30 years. This rise will include wheat, rice, and maize; these three comprising over 90% of all grains cultivated on the planet. Let’s do...

Are Biofuels a Biofoolish Proposition? New Research Says Yes

2/28/2008 - (NaturalNews) Biofuels may be doing more harm than good, according to two new studies published in the journal Science. According to the researchers, production of most biofuels may actually cause more pollution than they offset when the production cycle...

Biofuels worse for the environment than fossil fuels, study warns

10/11/2007 - (NaturalNews) Far from being a solution to the global ecological crisis induced by fossil fuels, biofuels may "offer a cure that is worse than the disease they seek to cure," a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)...

Global switch to biofuels could spike food prices and harm the environment

10/2/2007 - (NaturalNews) A worldwide spike in biofuels production could do more harm than good if managed improperly, according to a report released by UN-Energy, an interagency body of the United Nations devoted to developing plans for sustainable energy systems,...

China's new biofuels project may level forests to make way for "clean" energy farming

8/24/2007 - (NaturalNews) The rapid expansion of the Chinese biofuels industry, along with the government's stated plans to convert huge swaths of forest into biofuels plantations, has many environmentalists worried for southwest China's unique ecologies. In January,...

Termites may hold the answer to cheap, efficient ethanol fuel production

3/28/2007 - Scientists and several companies are currently experimenting with using termites to convert wood, corn stalks and other plant waste into ethanol in an effective and economic way. The hope is that through the study of a termite's unique digestive processes...

Biofuels researcher searches for new sources (press release)

10/4/2006 - The words are becoming familiar, even if the products aren't: biofuel, biobased, biodiesel, bioethanol. All refer to fuel that's made from bio-produced materials such as plants. Chengci Chen (pronounced Chen-see Chen), an assistant professor of cropping...

Researchers identify energy gains and environmental impacts of corn ethanol and soybean biodiesel (press release)

9/12/2006 - The first comprehensive analysis of the full life cycles of soybean biodiesel and corn grain ethanol shows that biodiesel has much less of an impact on the environment and a much higher net energy benefit than corn ethanol, but that neither can do much...

Crops being engineered for biofuels production, but ecological concerns persist

9/11/2006 - (NaturalNews) Biofuels are just one renewable energy source being considered as the price of fossil fuels continues to soar, but a group of scientists has taken the idea one step further by developing genetically engineered crops for use as biofuels. The...

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