Biofuels are one of the buzz words that get thrown around whenever politicians or barstool environmentalists talk about how we can solve the issues of global warming and climate change. As defined by Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel), “Biofuel is… solid, liquid or gas fuel derived from recently dead biological material” -so it must be good for the environment- that’s the line of thinking.
Here in not the time or place to delve into the truth and/or shadows of those claims. It is enough to know that biofuel is less destructive in general to the Earth than digging up and burning fossil fuels. When we look at some of the biggest polluters, a few other buzz words come to mind: cars, industry and of course airline travel. Anyone who has done a personal calculation of their “carbon footprint” on the Internet will tell you that adding a plane flight or two sends their carbon footprint literally into the stratosphere. Read more
