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The rush for ‘biofuels’ is already causing serious damage. Far from being sustainable, the spread of what are more accurately called ‘agrofuels’ – liquid fuels produced from biomass grown in large-scale monocultures – is compromising biodiversity and fuelling human rights violations.
Biofuel demand makes fried food expensive in Indonesia
India: Eight more farmers commit suicide
Ice-cream makers frozen out as corn price rises
Why milk costs more than gas
Old sunlight vs ancient sunlight- TOD analysis of home heating and wood
High palm oil prices squeeze Indonesia biodiesel mix
Omani develops date palm alternative to petrol
African forest under threat from sugar cane plantation
Big Oil’s impact on research is debated
World’s largest solar energy farm
Solar power wins enthusiasts but not money
Turbine shortage to leave some Scottish communities in the dark
Saudi Arabia invests in renewables
I am a Major in the United States Army. …I set out to discover what some of the best minds in the world had to say about what the world might look like 20-plus years from now. Specifically, I intended to examine population growth, food production, water availability, and energy supplies. What I discovered shocked me. (Online report)
In our search for ways to reduce the tension between food vs. fuel comes the latest Energy Farm Demonstration Project: The Electric Tractor.
Not only does this appear to be an economically wise investment, but electric tractors are a pleasure to use.
UK railways set for a hi-tech revolution
A high-speed revolution in European railways
Sales soar as Boeing unveils its green dream jet
California’s eco-friendly cars aren’t doing the job
208 million riders make year a record in DC
Fuel rules soak soap makers
Could jatropha be a biofuel panacea?
Brazilian ethanol ‘slaves’ freed in raid on plantation
The case for turning crops into fuel
Arab countries urge solar future
New battery packs powerful punch
Wavegen plant to be built in Spain
Geothermal Potential in the Gulf of Mexico
UN: Biofuel demand to push up food prices
Lula:
Biofuels could reduce poverty gap
Inflation fears smother China’s ethanol drive
Prospects for a biofuels industry in Australia
Humans use or abuse quarter of all energy from plants
Fuelling a carbon crisis
Over 50 links to Oil Drum articles from the past year are provided which combined provide a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding peak oil and energy decline. (Great resource.)
