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Sensible use of crops? Burn them: “The Biofuels Deception” reviewed by Counterfire

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The Biofuels Deception: Going Hungry on the Green Carbon Diet
344 pp, $28 pbk, ISBN 978-1-58367-702-5
By Okbazghi Yohannes

Reviewed by Elaine Graham-Leigh

“Biofuels have, to some, appeared as an attractive solution to climate change, arguably because they seem not to involve complex, structural changes. If creating new, green infrastructure to replace coal or gas-fired power stations, or getting rid of petrol and diesel, is too difficult, then we could simply replace the fossil fuels with carbon-neutral versions made from plants….”

Read the review at Counterfire

The Biofuels Deception: Going Hungry on the Green Carbon Diet

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