Mexico's gamble on biofuels

BBC News by Alberto Najar | Jun. 25, 2009 (Special Report)

Experiments have been made with sweet sorghum, cassava and jatropha (or physic nut), that could be applied in the production of so-called second generation biofuels.

This is when vegetable waste is recycled to make the biomass used in the first stages of production.

There is a total of 145 projects being carried out to find the optimum raw material for the production of biofuels, according to Mr Tostado. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Business, Sci/Tech, Living
Topics: Mexico, Energy, Green Technology, Food, Biofuels, Climate Change
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 2, 2009 - 12:37 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 2, 2009

The conflict between food and fuel if corn is used for ethanol is portrayed, but the article has such a poor understanding of the science of clean air and global warming that is is painful to read.

At latitudes of Mexico, solar power would seem a natural. With biofuels and Mr. Tostado, I think they will be toast.

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