Biofuels A Greater Greenhouse Threat Than Conventional Fuels.

I read the original Science article a few days ago. The original point was NOT that "Biofuels" were a greater greenhouse threat, but that if environmental effects were included in the overall global picture, some biofuels (not all) did not make environmental improvements. The focus was not to show biofuels did not make sense, but show some very big differences in the economic/environmental effects of different crops as biofuels, including total negative effects in some cases.

Watch out for how the message gets changed for public consumption.

 

We've seen similar results from other studies - generally, biofuel production is most often NOT carbon neutral. From what I've seen, cellulosic ethanol, is the only biofuel process that has that potential for sustainability and so far it has not been adopted on a wide scale. Methinks the cost of the enzymes continues to be prohibitive.

The fossil fuel energy sector wants to keep selling us liquid fuels so they can stay in the game.

Unfortunately for them, electricity will be the energy currency of the sustainable future economy. This truth can't be denied forever.

 

Well..we knew that!

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