Sentences with phrase «widespread use of biofuels»

Natural gas vehicles comprise 15 % of the private vehicle fleet by 2050, even with more widespread use of biofuels.

A leaked draft of a UN report condemns the widespread use of biofuels made from crops as a replacement for petrol and diesel.

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Burning food crops for power is the worst use of scarce land imaginable, and has already led to a situation where there is a direct conflict between food and energy: a significant proportion of the food - price spike in 2008 (and a further spike in early 2011), which led to widespread hunger and bread riots in many poorer countries, was driven by crops being withdrawn from international markets to produce biofuels for transport.

The Wall Street Journal has reported the results of two independent studies that suggest the widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land - use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.