Not exact matches
Increasingly, it is used in the commercial food industry
due to its high content of saturated fat, and it has even been tested
as a potential
biofuel.
the chart fails to show that soy from brazil, the stuff served in that meatless urban restraunt menu, has many times the embodied energy of eating local grass fed beef, that the corn suggested
as least energy consuming is only so
due to vast scales of industrial monocroping that wipes out diversity and local edible foods habitat (and is used largely for pig and cow fodder if not
biofuels, and so lays waste to half the midwest), that milk from a pastured cow or goat, or eggs from pastured chickens, are gaining thier energy from sources no human could eat.
Any force, such
as worldwide
biofuel production or oil price hikes, that significantly raises food prices also raises the number of human deaths
due to malnutrition.
And burning crop based
biofuels for energy contributes to significant greenhouse gas emissions
due to the destruction of natural carbon sinks
as a result of agricultural expansion.
Greenpeace, which warns of an imminent «climate bomb»
due to the destruction of rich forests and peat bogs that currently serve
as a massive carbon sink, reports groups such
as the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, and Flora and Fauna International have joined them in calling for an end to the conversion of forests to croplands for the production of
biofuels
Economic Benefits The development of an advanced
biofuel industry will help rebuild the local and regional economies devastated
as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by providing: (1) increased value to the feedstock crops which will benefit local farmers and provide more revenue to the local community; (2) increased investments in plants and equipment which will stimulate the local economy by providing construction jobs initially and the chance for full - time employment after the plant is completed; (3) secondary employment
as associated industries develop
due to plant co-products becoming available at a competitive price; and (4) increased local and state revenues collected from plant operations will stimulate local and state tax revenues and provide funds for improvements to the community and to the region.
The report predicts that world demand for crops — whether for food, livestock feed or
biofuels — will double in the next 50 years, while natural resources necessary to agriculture are becoming scarce or degraded
due to the impacts of global climate change.According to the report, areas of focus include sub-Saharan Africa, with the report indicating that farm subsidies for commodities such
as cotton and oilseeds in wealthier countries need to be changed
as they force prices down for small farmers in developing nations.