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Biofuel crops: food security must come first
2013-08-29 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Since 2003, the UK and other EU countries have effectively poured billions of euros into biofuels, on the premise that they reduce emissions from transport. But it has been an expensive case of the Emperor's new clothes: we now know that many biofuel crops actually increase overall emissions. At the same time, they damage biodiversity, hurt some of the world's poorest people by pushing up food prices, and cost us an estimated 460m each year. Early in September, the European Parliament will have...
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How to grow plants pre-processed for biofuel production
2013-08-20 18:36:52| Extremetech
A simple genetic insight could make wood biofuel production dramatically less expensive.
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Discovery of new lignin biosynthetic pathway could aid biofuel production
2013-08-16 17:30:20| Green Car Congress
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New possibilities for efficient biofuel production
2013-08-16 03:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Limited availability of fossil fuels stimulates the search for different energy resources. The use of biofuels is one of the alternatives. Sugars derived from the grain of agricultural crops can be used to produce biofuel but these crops occupy fertile soils needed for food and feed production. Fast growing plants such as poplar, eucalyptus, or various grass residues such as corn stover and sugarcane bagasse do not compete and can be a sustainable source for biofuel. An international collaboration...
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JBEI team develops one-pot, wash-free process for pretreatment and saccharification of switchgrass; avenues for driving down biofuel cost
2013-08-14 18:30:17| Green Car Congress
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