Biofuels Will Consume Us All
(posted by FreeDem)
Add to the list of why biofuels are a bad idea the threat of weeds taking over the world:
But now, biologists and botanists are warning that they, too, may bring serious unintended consequences. Most of these newer crops are what scientists label invasive species — that is, weeds — that have an extraordinarily high potential to escape biofuel plantations, overrun adjacent farms and natural land, and create economic and ecological havoc in the process, they now say.
More on the likely outcome of this development here.