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Biofuel
Elizabeth Blackstock
Middle Park beach in Melbourne is under the international spotlight following a world-first study by Monash University chemists who have discovered how sand “holds its breath”. Wait, what? And what does this have to do with biofuel?
Residents of Sao Paolo, Brazil, should be proud that their megacity is the only one that uses biofuel for cars. Or maybe not, considering that a lot of this environmental good is undone because everyone loves pizza too much.
Climate change mitigation could actually increase water shortage in some areas rather than reduce it, according to new research. The source of the problem is clear: greater demand for biofuels, intended to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, requires massive increases in irrigation in productive but relatively arid American farmland.
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