Table or Tank: The Rivalry between Biofuels, Fossil Fuels and Nutrition

food-fuel

Prof. Hans Werner Sinn, President of Ifo Institute for Economic Research, The DB Doran Lecture on Population, Resources and Development 4 May 2010 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Social Sciences, Is it really a wise and ethically acceptable strategy to burn food rather than eat it? This is one the key … Continue reading

Biofuels – What are they and are they any good?

Algae + CO2 = Biofuel

As the term suggests, bio-fuels are fuels that are formed when biological matter, primarily plants, decomposes. Bio-fuels can exist in all the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Bio-fuels are different from fossil fuels in the following ways: Fossil fuels take millions of years to form whereas bio-fuels … Continue reading