Biofuel backfire fears

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Biofuel backfire fears Nigel Williams Current Biology Volume 17, Issue 23, Pages R983-R984 (December 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.009 Copyright © 2007 Terms and Conditions

Development sweetener: Proposed sugar cane plantations to produce biofuel are one of the crops threatening tropical environments. (Picture: © Yvette Cardozo/Alamy.) Current Biology 2007 17, R983-R984DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.009) Copyright © 2007 Terms and Conditions

Food first: Campaigners are increasingly arguing primary crops such as sunflowers, should continue to be for food use, not biofuels. (Picture: Photolibrary.) Current Biology 2007 17, R983-R984DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.009) Copyright © 2007 Terms and Conditions