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Re: [RC] OT - MSN article on biofuels with link to UN report - steelsidedown

Short term, I'd have to agree ... but long term ... wouldn't that make farm 
land more valuable? Stop the urban sprawl?

Jne

---- Karen Franklin <kfranklin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

U.N.: Not so fast with ethanol, other biofuels 
Biofuels like ethanol can help reduce global warming and create jobs for
the rural poor, but the benefits may be offset by serious environmental
problems and increased food prices for the hungry, the United Nations
concluded Tuesday in its first major report on bioenergy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18551000/from/ET/ 

 

Though I like the idea of using a renewable energy source, this just
shows that there is not going to be an easy, single solution to the
energy problem.

 

Karen, Fort Worth




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