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Biofuels have side effects?


biofuels are agricultural products that can replace petrol and diesel, bring with them some drawbacks, which are rarely mentioned. We see a little bit to make order ...

In Italy as is the situation with regard to investment in biofuels? Italy is in ninth place in the world in investment in biofuels , in the first place are the United States and Brazil, the first European country is Spain.

crops for biofuels have increased the price of food?
Yes, according to Jean Ziegler, UN Rapporteur for the Right to Food : "to identify the currency needed to pay debt interest, has forced the poorest countries to export products of the plantations at the expense of crops for use food "and these have led to speculation an increase of 30% of food products.
In Italy there has been a price increase for some years in this regard, about a 20% in 2007.

The rise of this culture in the Amazon, can affect the climate?
Yes, NASA study showed that in the Amazon, large-scale cultivation of these crops, as well as having caused a major logging, also causes effects on the climate. While this site
speaking of deforestation, again because of these cultures, which occurs in Malaysia and Indonesia.
One very important thing to note is that replacing the 800 million tonnes gasoline currently consumed each year (not including diesel) should cover the whole of Indonesia palm plantations and the entire African jungle of the Congo.

There is a problem of erosion related to crops?
Yes, soil erosion is in fact one of the major issues related to intensive cultivation of maize.

There are problems with groundwater?
Yes, often plantations may cause pollution in groundwater.

A full tank of ethanol in an SUV, what is equivalent?
With a full tank of ethanol in an SUV you can feed a person for an entire year! This is because you will get 100 liters of bioethanol from 266 kg of maize, 1 kg of maize provides 3500 kcal, 266 kg thus provide more than 930 000 calories, divided by 365 you get more than 2500 kcal per day, corresponding to a good diet.