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Australian biofuel imports hurting SE Asian rainforests

As anyone who has seen episode 2F13 of The Simpsons (aka Bart vs. Australia) knows, introducing foreign species into an environment can have dangerous effects. A real-world situation - not really all that similar, but I like to reference the Simpsons whenever possible - in Australia shows the sad connection between environmental destruction and the way some biofuels are produced. The Australian reports that Australia's large-scale biofuel imports are exacerbating the "widespread destruction of tropical rainforests in Indonesia and ... Read more →

Biodiesel: War required? Sebastian Blanco

One of the most common slogans in support of biodiesel is: "Biodiesel - No War Required." While that may be true in the sense that the US won't need to ship 140,000 troops to the Middle East to secure ...

Bolivia investing in biofuels, but with a special twist Xavier Navarro

Developing countries are focusing their efforts on biofuels as a means of saving their economies. Bolivia is one of them but the Andine country is taking a greener path. According to a speech made by ...

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Thailand has been moving heavily to promote the use of biodiesel produce from palm oil. Unfortunately, they are already running short of the palm oil, so now the government is examining whether to ...

Shell and Malaysian Palm Oil Board in Joint Research on Straight Palm Oil Blending with Diesel Sam Abuelsamid

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Can biofuels hurt the environment? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here's a twist to the biofuel movement. Expanding the use of biofuels could result in burning down rainforests to facilitate growing more crops. For example, there are plans to open 6 million hectares (a hectare is 10,000 square meters) to biofuel plantations in Indonesia, and environmentalists ...

Forest conservation beats fuel conservation 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While the U.S. has a corn surplus, countries like Malaysia do not necessarily have sufficient production capacity for the commodities needed for biofuel production. While NGO's and Foreign Environmental activists have claimed that Malaysia has cleared its forest cover to plant oil palm, the ...

Palm oil prices increasing because Thailand shifting to more biodiesel? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In a sign of the ever-shrinking size of the world, the growth of palm trees in Thailand may affect your grocery bill. According to the Associated Press, Thailand announced last year that it was going to produce more biodiesel, which means growing more palm trees to make more palm oil. Even though ...


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