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fuzzylogic · 08-19-2007, 04:43 PM

It sounds counterintuitive, but burning oil and planting forests to compensate is more environmentally friendly than burning biofuel. So say scientists who have calculated the difference in net emissions between using land to produce biofuel and the alternative: fuelling cars with gasoline and replanting forests on the land instead.

They recommend governments steer away from biofuel and focus on reforestation and maximising the efficiency of fossil fuels instead.

The reason is that producing biofuel is not a "green process". It requires tractors and fertilisers and land, all of which means burning fossil fuels to make "green" fuel. In the case of bioethanol produced from corn ? an alternative to oil ? "it's essentially a zero-sums game," says Ghislaine Kieffer, programme manager for Latin America at the International Energy Agency in Paris, France

What is more, environmentalists have expressed concerns that the growing political backing that biofuel is enjoying will mean forests will be chopped down to make room for biofuel crops such as maize and sugarcane. "When you do this, you immediately release between 100 and 200 tonnes of carbon [per hectare]," says Renton Righelato of the World Land Trust, UK, a conservation agency that seeks to preserve rainforests.

source: environment.newscientist.com

zand_stein · 08-19-2007, 04:53 PM

it will help our environment very much...........
lets help our mother nature.............

jonesonyou · 08-19-2007, 04:59 PM

everyone has a different answer.

tranza · 08-19-2007, 05:14 PM

It's not that simple...

jonesonyou · 08-19-2007, 05:17 PM

I have heard that burning coal releases sulfur. And slufur in the atmosphere reflects the sunlight ... counter acting global warming. But who knows. COuld be bull shit like every other story.

fuzzylogic · 08-19-2007, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jonesonyou

I have heard that burning coal releases sulfur. And slufur in the atmosphere reflects the sunlight ... counter acting global warming. But who knows. COuld be bull shit like every other story.

it's true.. there is so much speculation and so little hard evidence. even something as simple as whether there will be more clouds or less clouds cannot even be agreed on.

BOSS1 · 08-19-2007, 06:40 PM

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fuzzylogic Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: buffalo, las vegas. icq: 285808879 Posts: 4,796	Forget biofuels - burn oil and plant forests instead It sounds counterintuitive, but burning oil and planting forests to compensate is more environmentally friendly than burning biofuel. So say scientists who have calculated the difference in net emissions between using land to produce biofuel and the alternative: fuelling cars with gasoline and replanting forests on the land instead. They recommend governments steer away from biofuel and focus on reforestation and maximising the efficiency of fossil fuels instead. The reason is that producing biofuel is not a "green process". It requires tractors and fertilisers and land, all of which means burning fossil fuels to make "green" fuel. In the case of bioethanol produced from corn ? an alternative to oil ? "it's essentially a zero-sums game," says Ghislaine Kieffer, programme manager for Latin America at the International Energy Agency in Paris, France What is more, environmentalists have expressed concerns that the growing political backing that biofuel is enjoying will mean forests will be chopped down to make room for biofuel crops such as maize and sugarcane. "When you do this, you immediately release between 100 and 200 tonnes of carbon [per hectare]," says Renton Righelato of the World Land Trust, UK, a conservation agency that seeks to preserve rainforests. source: environment.newscientist.com

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