Are Biofuels WORSE Than Fossil Fuels?

Описание: Biofuels. Are they really a climate solution? Or are they quietly entrenching fossil fuel infrastructure for decades to come? Corn ethanol, sugarcane ethanol, palm oil biodiesel and so-called “Sustainable Aviation Fuels” have all become very big business and a very lucrative investment for landowners. But is that the best use of a precious and finite resource? It's a tricky one!

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Reference Links

Original research paper - False Solution : How do fossil fuel companies reproduce their power through the energy transition.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Our World in Data - Land use for solar panels versus biofuels
https://ourworldindata.org/biofuel-la...

T&E Article - "Biofuels globally emit more CO2 than the fossil fuels the replace - study"
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Cornell Study - Ecologically informed solar enables a sustainable energy transition in US croplands
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Argonne National Lab - Lifecycle GHG emissions of Brazilian sugarcane
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Arevon article on US solar on Farmland
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