Using Land to Grow Biofuels a Net Loss for Environment

(NaturalNews) The production and use of biofuels such as ethanol would contribute to global warming more than simply using gasoline, according to two studies published in the journal Science.

One study, conducted by a scientist from the Nature Conservancy and researchers from the University of Minnesota, concluded that the conversion of the Southeast Asian or Latin American grasslands, savannas, peatlands or forests into biofuel plantations would result in a net increase in greenhouse gas levels for decades or even centuries.
[…] A second related study, conducted by researchers from Princeton University, Woods Hold Research Center and Iowa State University, concluded that it would take 167 years of use before biofuels stopped contributing to global warming.

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