Researchers at the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka warned recently that China and India risk famine if they proceed with their biofuels plans, because they don’t have enough water to grow both fuel and food. The same body estimates that replacing a quarter of the world’s fossil fuels with biofuels would double global demand for irrigation water. At a time when climate change will escalate water shortages.
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Biofuels – a solution worse than the problem?
Researchers at the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka warned recently that China and India risk famine if they proceed with their biofuels plans, because they don’t have enough water to grow both fuel and food. The same body estimates that replacing a quarter of the world’s fossil fuels with biofuels would double global […]
December 10, 2007 | By