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Second-guessing the Biofuel Solution

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July 20, 2006
Suzanne Lindgren Utne.com 
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The United States will fare the best, all three authors agree, if we place our bets on reducing fuel consumption rather than funding alternative fuel sources. Yet we need not throw our hands in the air and surrender to Big Oil. Schnoor suggests that, with a few tweaks to production, biofuel could be efficiently produced from perennial crops native to the heartland, such as switchgrass. Cutting back energy consumption, paired with the use of alternative energy sources -- wind, solar, and biofuel -- would help create a more sustainable future.

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