Biofuel Monocultures

Clearly, some environmentalists are beginning to understand how problematic massive development of a global biofuels industry could become. For biofuel to even make a dent in world energy hunger, literally millions of square miles of biofuel plantations would be necessary.

It is incredible that groups such as the Global Footprint Network can release stories such as “Ecosystems Face Collapse” yet take a nuanced position on biofuel. Anybody who claims we are already “Eating the Planet” ought to be horrified that now we’re also going to grow our fuel. The unpleasant fact is biofuel production will not be easily regulated in the places where regulation is most required, the developing nations. The genie is out of the bottle, and environmentalists are now going to have to undo the momentum they’ve encouraged.
Ecoworld