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March 01, 2010

Not All Biofuels are Green

Kentucky Bar Association, Bench & Bar, March 2010


It seems reasonable. Abundant sunlight, soil, and water are used to grow plants to be harvested and then burned directly or processed to produce liquid fuels. Growing the plants (biomass) and producing the fuels (biofuels) appears green, renewable, natural. Too good to be true? Maybe.

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