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SAFETY ISSUES IN BIOFUEL

SAFETY ISSUES IN BIOFUEL

Submitted by Kii Cajetan Barisi on

getting fuel from plants seems like a great proposition originally. It reduces dependence on foreign oil, and it doesn't produce the greenhouse gases that cause global warming รขโ‚ฌ" at least that's what advocates claim. But biofuels are not without their critics.

Some recent research suggests bio fuels could have a greater environmental impact รขโ‚ฌ" biodiversity loss, destruction of farmland, and the energy necessary to produce them, for example than burning fossil fuels, reports The Guardian, a British daily.