biofuel carbon footprint Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:12:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Biofuels Increase Air Pollution and Reduce Crop Yield, New Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuels-increase-air-pollution-and-reduce-crop-yield-new-study-says-20130107/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuels-increase-air-pollution-and-reduce-crop-yield-new-study-says-20130107/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:12:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30892 According to a recent study, biofuels might increase air pollution and reduce crop yields. This is the conclusion that a team from Lancaster University, England, reported in the journal Nature Climate Change. The researchers looked into the impact of producing more biofuels as part of the scheme adopted by EU to tackle climate change. The […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuels-increase-air-pollution-and-reduce-crop-yield-new-study-says-20130107/feed/ 1 30892 Producing Biofuel From Food Crops Could Generate More CO2 Than Burning Petrol, Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-crops-pollution-study-20101110/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-crops-pollution-study-20101110/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:43:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11726 In a desperate effort to stop global warming due to CO2 emissions, the concerned people's first resort is to produce biofuels and use them in engines. But current incentives that promote biofuels will be pushing farmers around Europe to grow mainly food crops on usable food crop lands.

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