22 Mar 2011The allure of biofuels rests in their potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. That’s all well and good, but a team of researchers has discovered an entirely different way in which certain biofuel crops could help fight climate change.
While their research is preliminary, it does indicate a solution to the dilemma posed by biofuels: finding a way to make room on the planet for massive new biofuel croplands, without destroying large swaths of natural habitat.
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