A jatropha nursery in the Ivory Coast. Photograph: Kambou Sia/AFP/Getty ImagesFrom The Guardian:
Corn-based bioethanol has higher burden on environment and human health, says US study
Some biofuels cause more health problems than petrol and diesel, according to scientists who have calculated the health costs associated with different types of fuel.
The study shows that corn-based bioethanol, which is produced extensively in the US, has a higher combined environmental and health burden than conventional fuels. However, there are high hopes for the next generation of biofuels, which can be made from organic waste or plants grown on marginal land that is not used to grow foods. They have less than half the combined health and environmental costs of standard gasoline and a third of current biofuels.
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