Contribution to the Biofuels debate
On the one hand there is consistent and vocal opposition to biofuels from writers such as George Monbiot who sees an imminent “humanitarian and environmental disaster” in the enthusiasm for biofuels. His main point in a recent article is that the growing demand for biofuels is luring poor countries to produce larger amounts of crop for biofuels export rather than to meet their food needs. However it detracts from a more fundamental question: if agriculture itself raises questions about environmental degradation, can biofuel production really be green?
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