Could climate change be accelerated by biofuels?

February 16, 2009 by Curt Siters

For years - before it was fashionable to argue about global warming - there had been much concern about the deforestation of rain forests for farming and how the capacity of the earth to clean the air we breathe.

Not only will the air filtering ability of the planet be reduced but so will the CO₂ absorption as well as carbon dioxide that is released from the bio-fuels that are used in cars. The fertility of the soil will be depleted. The bio-diversity will disappear.

It is bio-diversity that keeps the soil alive and fruitful and productive. Without the bacteria and bugs, plant and animal matter would build up and plants would not be fed. Without food for the plants the animals, including us, would die. 

The same applies for the oxygen cycle.

Imagine, if you will, being put into a huge ballon that is tied shut. You need to breathe. Eventually the oxygen will be used up and replaced with carbon dioxide. You will die. The earth is the balloon and if we try to use a technology that is designed around consumption of something that does not have a truly "unlimited" supply the supply WILL run out.

By destroying that which consumes our breath so that we can consume its breath, we will, in the end, destroy ourselves.

Maybe bio-fuels is an interim bridge, but as a long term solution it cannot work.

As we have all experienced at one time or other, if you open a really cold can, or bottle, of soda it opens and you MAY hear a little bit of a hiss. Now, open one at room temperature and you hear a louder hiss. Open one after it has been in the sun all day and you will have a fountain on your hands.

For those who have a few spare bottles of champagne you could try it with those as well. You will get the same effect.

The same effect will happen with the CO2 locked up in the oceans and permafrost if Global Warming is real. If we don't take measures to reduce our part in this process our days could be numbered.

Are you willing to roll the dice?

"The expanding use of biofuels could also contribute to global warming because farmers are cutting down and burning down tropical forests to plant crops," said Holly Gibbs of Stanford University.

"If we run our cars on biofuels produced in the tropics, chances will be good that we are effectively burning rainforests in our gas tanks," she warned.

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