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Originally Posted by Darcydog
On top of all the valid and interesting points above, may I add the enormous damage that the production of biofuels does to the environment. Orangutans losing their habitats as just one example!
Biofuel production also negatively impacts poor indigenous peoples who farm and live on land that now gets used for biofuel crops rather than foodstuffs.
If crops are grown for us in developed countries so we can feel self righteous about “doing our bit for the planet” - think about those who incur far higher food prices than they can afford because the biomass they used to eat or their farm animals used to eat now gets used in our fuel tanks so that we can drive to work, go shopping and our government can take about 70% of the fuel cost as tax!
I’m not a fan of biofuels - it’s a sop to the silly by the terminally stupid.
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i guess its a bit of a interesting situation when you think mining all the lithium and minerals to make batteries to make clean electric cars entails ripping up large parts of the environment also affecting all sorts of habitats.
Here in Australia i see our govt has just committed half a billion $ on hydrogen
powering everything, a good move in a country this large.
Refill a car in two minutes, 600km range on a tank and very little emissions,