energy

Do Biofuels Fuel Poverty?

June 30th, 2008  |  by gardengrrrl  |  published in energy, news, transportation

BBC News reports that according to Oxfam Biofuel use ‘increasing poverty’.
“Biofuel use ‘increasing poverty’
A palm oil plantation in Ivory Coast
Palm oil is one of the biofuel crops stirring controversy
The replacement of traditional fuels with biofuels has dragged more than 30 million people worldwide into poverty, an aid agency report says.
Oxfam says so-called green policies in [...]

Seville builds awesome solar tower

May 23rd, 2007  |  by Leslie M-B  |  published in energy, tech

And by awesome, I mean awe-inspiring. Check out this BBC video.

(as seen at Inhabitat)
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