What’s the advantage of biofuels?
The promise of biofuels is that they let you have your cake and eat it: to drive cars ithout damaging the environment. The idea is that biofuels are a way to recycle carbon dioxide. CO2 is released when any fuel is
burned. But the carbon stored in petroleum or coal, has been there for thousands of years, so burning these fuels adds CO2 to the air. But biofuels are made from plants, which remove CO2 from the atmosphere as they grow: emissions are balanced by carbon capture. There are other potential bonuses, too. A large biofuels industry might help cut the price of oil, while start-up costs are low and could boost an agricultural economy, creating
jobs.
The promise of biofuels is that they let you have your cake and eat it: to drive cars ithout damaging the environment. The idea is that biofuels are a way to recycle carbon dioxide. CO2 is released when any fuel is
burned. But the carbon stored in petroleum or coal, has been there for thousands of years, so burning these fuels adds CO2 to the air. But biofuels are made from plants, which remove CO2 from the atmosphere as they grow: emissions are balanced by carbon capture. There are other potential bonuses, too. A large biofuels industry might help cut the price of oil, while start-up costs are low and could boost an agricultural economy, creating
jobs.
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