A Closer Look at the Impact of Bioenergy
6 hours ago Charles Rotter
The new study published by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in the journal Nature Climate Change presents the researchers, with the unexpected, for alarmists, reality of bioenergy. It turns out that without excess regulation, bioenergy’s carbon footprint could exceed that of traditional fossil fuels due to the land use changes necessitated by biomass production.
The study’s lead author, Leon Merfort, warns about the regulatory inadequacies stating,
“The state of current global land regulation is inadequate to control land-use-change emissions from modern biofuels.”
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993685The global energy market is deeply intertwined with our economies. For instance, as the researchers pointed out, in their most hopeful of ways.
“Phasing out fossil fuels will generate demands of bioenergy worth hundreds of billions of Dollars by mid-century.”
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993685Consequently, if biofuels take off, the agricultural sector would inevitably pursue these new opportunities. Such a massive shift would have significant implications for global economies and job markets, such as the global food price escalation of 2007 and 2008.
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