Biofuels Are Not The Answer

"We examined crop data to evaluate whether enough CO2 was absorbed on farmland to balance out the CO2 emitted when biofuels are burned. It turns out that once all the emissions associated with growing feedstock crops and manufacturing biofuel are factored in, biofuels actually increase CO2 emissions rather than reducing them."

Why Biofuels Are a Big Climate Mistake

The Problems With Biofuels

"No one study is ever going to be the final word on a complex question like the net effects of using biofuels. This is also a moving target as production methods are slowly improving over time. Further, researchers are looking into using different feedstocks and different methods of production. This analysis, for example, would not apply if we figure out a way of using algae for feedstock and bacteria to convert it to biofuels."

Biofuels and the Law of Unintended Consequences