Biofuels and Food Security should be a very important aspect of this group ( Renewable Energy)

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#1 Arabica Robusta said ...(on 07-13-2008)

I have shared some bookmarks relating biofuels to food security. This is a critical topic for sustainable energy discussion.

Best regards.
#2 Hans De Keulenaer said ...(on 07-21-2008, replying to Arabica Robusta on #1)

Thanks for your posts, and for this comment. There appears to be some link between bioenergy development and food prices/shortages, though the 3 links you posted demonstrate already the complexity of the issue.

Personally, I think that bioenergy, and especially biofuel is largely a dead-end route. It's currently a cure which is marginally better than the disease. The current mainstream for transport appears to be electric and plug-in hybrids, though further development on batteries is needed.

I may be very wrong, if either of following technologies develops to supply bioenergy on a massive scale:
- cellulosic ethanol
- harvesting the energy from algae farms.

If you'd have to bet between relatively marginal development in battery technology, or producing millions of tons of oil equivalent from algae or cellulose, where would you put your money?