Global Backlash on Biofuels Could Overshadow Future Potential, Says Worldwatch Institute
UPI Business News -- October 27, 2007 -- Researchers say a recent backlash against biofuels could overshadow their positive effects and damage their future, a U.S.-based group reports.PAID ADVERTISEMENT
The backlash against biofuels began early this year with reports of Brazilians forced to work in near-slave labor conditions to help keep down the cost of ethanol production from corn, the Des Moines Register reported Saturday.
Scientist Jane Goodall has said the rush to grow biofuels is threatening primate habitat in Uganda and Indonesia, while in Colombia peasants report being forced from their land to make room for palm oil plantations.
Widenoja said researchers worry the backlash could threaten critical funding for the next generation of biofuels that could cool the climate and boost developing economies by using, for example, locally grown algae rather than corn and soybeans, the Register reported.
Copyright © 2007 United Press International
Copyright notice
This is a news service of NewsEdge Corporation ©2007. This content is for your personal use only, subject to Terms and Conditions. No redistribution allowed
Editor's Picks from Recent eNews
Producing Ethanol From Corn Becoming Increasingly Energy Efficient: New USDA Report
Higher Commodity Prices Expected in Next Decade, Food Security Concerns Persist: OECD and FAO Report
Cultivating Potential in Emerging Markets
August 26-27, 2010
The Westin Grand
Cape Town, South Africa
Copyright © 2000-2010 Soyatech, LLC. • P.O. Box 1307 • Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 • USA