IEA: Sustainable Biofuels Can Lift Food Output (& supply 27% of World's transportation fuel ) WSJ

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704071704576277122793802138.html">IEA Says Sustainable Biofuels Can Lift Food Output - (and supply 27% of worlds transportation fuel needs by 2050) - Wall Street Journal

LONDON—Increasing the world's use of biofuels could actually help boost global food production by encouraging investment in agriculture, the head of the International Energy Agency's renewable unit said Thursday, turning on its head a long-standing debate over the use of agricultural land for fuel crops.

This week, the IEA launched a report that forecast biofuels could provide up to 27% of the world's transport fuels by 2050, compared with 2% now. Biofuels made from starch, sugar and oilseed crops could displace substantial volumes of fossil fuels, the report said, saving 2.1 gigatons of carbon dioxide annually.
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Interesting, considering the conclusions of the World Watch Institute reported here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x288535">Food and Fuel: Biofuels Could Benefit World’s Undernourished - WorldWatch Institute


and then their are these findings: http://www.biofueldaily.com/reports/Global_biofuel_land_area_estimated_999.html">Biofuels could supply 26% to 56% of world's transportation fuel needs - using marginal and abandoned land. Univ of Illinois study


...No way, man!!! Impossibubble!!!:sarcasm: