Latest comments posted about Violence and the biofuel revolution on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1099-Violence-and-the-biofuel-revolution http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1099-Violence-and-the-biofuel-revolution American president Bush put forward plans to replace petrol consumption with bio-ethanol. This has had a direct impact on the daily life of Mexicans by inflating the price of corn, a staple food of the country. This represents a severe downside of bio-fuels. Research has shown that the most effective method of reducing greenhouse gas emmissions is to reduce transport fuel consumption, rather than replacing fuel sources. The amount of reduced carbon dioxide emission from bio-ethanol is far lower than what is produced through rising levels of fuel used for transport. Therefore bio-ethanol merely allows people to continue driving their cars with good conscience. Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:27:21 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1099#comment-3885 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1099#comment-3885