Unleash the Future - Biofuels

Miriam Horn, co-author of Earth the Sequel, explores the possibilities of biofuels in a green economy. Part 2 of Environmental Defense Fund's video series, Unleash the Future.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• environmental
• defense
• fund
• environment
• global
• warming
• climate
• biofuel
• clean
• green
• energy
• future
• cap

[RubberDucky999]

Maybe we just should eat the sugar and then walk ?

[isreal423]

UM right, i guess youre suggesting Stanley Meyer got numerous death threats from oil companies and eventually assasinated for the invention of a water (hydrogen) engine that doesnt work? Murdered for no apparent reason?

Either youre disinforming the people or youre not informed yourself.

[pyrioni]

But grow sugar plants, that will compete against human food agriculture, no?

[saggispeak]

For all those who think Global Warming is a conspiracy theory unleashed on those poor literate folk , wait till the Polar ice caps melt , the sea water invites itself into your home, there is a food crises and all natural calamities look like they are happening live in your backyard..then perhaps you will meekly say ..I was perhaps wrong to doubt global warming..Too late mate..damage already done..Till then , have a field day vomiting your doubts on others.

[tonyt5000]

You think the poor of the world are starving now, just wait until we develope this technology. 'I can make how much by growing fuel instead of food, screw those who need food....I'm growing fuel'. Think about what you want because you just might get it.

[pidos847]

Bio fuels do work!!! The government suppresses this technology to protect their business interests. There are many cost effective bio fuels and alternative fuels that we could all be using but the oil companies and the corrupt members of the government make it hard for us to utilize them. Many inventors have found ways to replace fossil fuels and even create free energy, and many have been assassinated, threatened, and paid off. Don't believe that bio fuels won't work because they do.

[Darkfoster22]

Lamo...Bio does work Look at how life on Earth.But we have lots to learn

[funkalishous]

Bio fuels don't work. The energy it takes to make the fuel is overwhelmingly high. Gas mileage of bio fuels is horrid, so you are spending lots of money to burn fuel twice as fast. Also, in a world full of starving people, where are we going to get the food to feed them? Big agro wants you to believe this stuff so they can make money. They are using global warming to sell people anything they want.

[cstarling09]

Okay so our environment is dying that isn't a hoax. Obviously biofuel isn't perfect yet or we'd already be using it. There are probably other alternatives other than as well, which are being worked on I'm sure. At least scientist are working on the problem. So instead of downing them and calling it a hoax maybe you should try and find ways to support these alternative energies because if we stay at this rate of pollution human civilization will die, sitting around critizing them wont change that

[funkalishous]

Biofuel sounds great, but if you look at it closer it doesn't help. To create fuel out of corn, for example, it takes double the amount of energy to create the fuel than the fuel itslef burns. It is not effieient. That doesn't help "global warming", which is total BS, but I'll throw that arguement in for the people who swear by their deceitful politicains. Also, since food is a global commodity now, people will starve all over the world if we plant endless acres for fuel insead of food.

[adrastea99]

Since when are scientists greedy?

Im saying his 'invention' claims to violate the very basic laws of science without which your PC, Car, Plane, Duracell and many other things wouldn't work.

So for his invention to work, all other technology must equal to useless garbage.

This isnt a 'claim' im making, this isnt some half baked idea, this is fundamentals of science. Some of which we learn in high school.

[isreal423]

Yes dozens of times smarter indeed, Plus a dozen times more crooked and greedy.

So before you roll out the red carpet for these tyrants make sure your human rights are not taken away by some pig corporation trying to take every cent you worked so hard for and in exchange, give you barely enough to make it to work the next day.