Wednesday, May 21, 2008
biofuels to change
clipped from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/science/earth/21biofuels.html?em&ex=1211515200&en=397ffb6474843513&ei=5087%0A
New Trend in Biofuels Has New Risks
Published: May 21, 2008
ROME — In the past year, as the diversion of food crops like corn and palm to make biofuels has helped to drive up food prices, investors and politicians have begun promoting newer, so-called second-generation biofuels as the next wave of green energy. These, made from non-food crops like reeds and wild grasses, would offer fuel without the risk of taking food off the table, they said.
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