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Programme: Biofuels: challenges and opportunities

May 2, 2011 in Biofuels

Biofuels are in an ambiguous position in the field of sustainable energy, and in this programme we focus on their production in an effort to understand how they can be made, what impact they have on the environment, and how they should develop in the future. Dismissed outright by some environmentalists as a polluting threat to the natural environment, biofuels are also championed by others as a necessary product to feed demand for low-carbon fuels in shipping, aviation and road freight.

Discussion: What are the opportunities and challenges in biofuels production?

Programme: The thorny question of biofuels

Discussion: What would it take to unlock the full potential of biofuels?

Tags: Alternative Energies, Biofuels, Energy, Environment
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Programme: The thorny question of biofuels

November 1, 2010 in Biofuels, Other

To overcome dwindling oil supplies and to reduce greenhouse gases, we can derive our transportation fuels from plants. But environmentalists argue biofuels encourage unsustainable agriculture and sacrifice food for fuel. So, are biofuels really the green saviour?

Discussion: What would it take to unlock the full potential of biofuels?

Live Debate - The future of biofuels

Live Debate - The new challenges of sustainable agriculture

Tags: Alternative Energies, alternative fuels, Biofuels, Energy, Environment
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Programme: A greener future with biofuels?

March 1, 2009 in Biofuels

In this months’s Comment Visions, we discuss the hot topic of whether biofuels are an ecologically-sound solution to the world’s increasing energy needs, or a potentially disastrous cause of deforestation and food shortages.

Discussion: What role should biofuels play in our future energy mix?

Live Debate - The new challenges of sustainable agriculture

Tags: Alternative Energies, alternative fuels, Biofuels, Energy, Environment
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