Green Options » Climate Chane http://greenoptions.com/tag/climate-chane Posts tagged 'Climate Chane' Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Are Biofuels Another Inconvenient Truth? http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/28/are-biofuels-another-inconvenient-truth/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/28/are-biofuels-another-inconvenient-truth/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:33:37 +0000 Masimba Biriwasha http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/28/are-biofuels-another-inconvenient-truth/ BiofuelBiofuels have been widely touted as a solution to redressing the world’s overdependence on oil and a significant part to resolving the climatic crisis  particularly in the developed world. But according to new report by Oxfam, the fascination with biofuels may not be a solution to either the climatic or oil crisis and is instead fueling a third crisis: food.

According to the report, interest in biofuels has intoxicated rich country governments to the extent that they are foregoing difficult but urgent decisions about how to reduce consumption of oil.

Sadly, the cumulative effect of the over-dependence on biofuels as a solution to the energy crisis is being felt in developing countries.

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