Better biofuels before more biofuels
“This not about corn or sugarcane, or even switchgrass; the key idea is that climate-friendly biofuels should not use fertile land. There are at least three ways to get away from the food-fuel-wilderness competition… All of these approaches require “second generation” biofuels, but we also need greater energy efficiency in our cars and trucks, as well as for new technologies like affordable electric vehicles.”
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Biofuels and the fertilizer problem
“Wow, so our big ‘renewable’ domestic energy source relies heavily on a mined substance, of which we own a tiny reserve. The biggest store lies in a nation run by Islamicists, a group with whom we’re engaged in hostilities. The second-biggest store is lodged within the borders of a budding geopolitical rival. Hmm.”
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