Biofuels - risks and opportunities
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Context
- 1. Do biofuels reduce carbon emissions?
- 2. How big a contribution to our transport fuel requirements can biofuels make?
- 3. How much biofuel can we produce?
- 4. How big a contribution to tackling climate change can biofuels make?
- 5. Shouldn’t we focus on using less energy rather than technological fixes?
- 6. Will biofuels cause deforestation and other environmental damage in other countries?
- 7. Why not impose minimum sustainability standards now?
- 8. Will growing demand for biofuels push up food prices?
- 9. Should we wait for second generation biofuels?
- 10. Aren’t other uses of biomass more cost effective in saving carbon?
- 11. What impact will biofuels have on air quality and health?
- First-generation biodiesel
- Second-generation biodiesel
- Bioethanol (first- and second-generation)
- Footnotes
