T&E: ‘Biofuels globally emit more CO2 than the fossil fuels they replace’
Today, growing crops to be burned as fuel uses up 32 million hectares of land – roughly the size of Italy. Using just 3% of the same land for solar would produce the same amount of energy /transportenvironment.org
Global biofuels emit 16% more CO2 than the fossil fuels they replace, due to the indirect impacts of farming and deforestation, a new Cerulogy report on behalf of T&E shows. By 2030, biofuels are projected to emit 70 Mt CO₂e more than the fossil fuels they replace, equivalent to the annual emi
