Biofuel Not So Great As We Thought.

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	Biofuel Not So Great As We Thought.

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2-19-2009 2:21 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e53cbe91-be5c-4781-a565-8b9ef5475860/7471B6CC-4172-4F8A-AB16-6133A5DBED52/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/02/19/Biofuels_boom_could_destroy_rainforests/UPI-44461235053528/" href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/02/19/Biofuels_boom_could_destroy_rainforests/UPI-44461235053528/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.upi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/02/19/Biofuels_boom_could_destroy_rainforests/UPI-44461235053528/"><H1>Biofuels boom could destroy rainforests</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/02/19/Biofuels_boom_could_destroy_rainforests/UPI-44461235053528/">STANFORD, Calif.,  Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher is warning the boom in the production of biofuels might lead tropical farmers to destroy rainforests to plant biofuel crops.
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/02/19/Biofuels_boom_could_destroy_rainforests/UPI-44461235053528/"><P>Holly Gibbs, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment, said policies favoring biofuel crop production might actually contribute to, not slow, the process of <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="#0072bc"><SPAN class="kLink">climate </SPAN><SPAN class="kLink">change</SPAN></FONT></A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/02/19/Biofuels_boom_could_destroy_rainforests/UPI-44461235053528/"><P>She said such an <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="#0072bc"><SPAN class="kLink">environmental </SPAN><SPAN class="kLink">disaster</SPAN></FONT><SPAN id="preLoadWrap1"><DIV id="preLoadLayer1"><IMG src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" /></DIV></SPAN></A> could be imminent "without more thoughtful energy policies that consider potential ripple effects on tropical forests."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/02/19/Biofuels_boom_could_destroy_rainforests/UPI-44461235053528/"><P>Gibbs analyzed satellite images collected between 1980 and 2000 in the first such detailed characterization of the pathways of agricultural expansion across the entire tropical region. Gibbs said she hopes her findings will contribute to prudent decisions about future biofuel policies and subsidies.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7471B6CC-4172-4F8A-AB16-6133A5DBED52/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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