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Growth in global demand for food and feed commodities is still a major part of the story, as are biofuels.
Biofuels policies in the US and the European Union have led to the creation of biofuels industries with significant output capacity – mainly ethanol in the US and biodiesel in the EU.
The bottom line is that the current version of US biofuels policy, with its fixed requirement for blending, leads to a greater price response in the event of a crop shortfall – in the short run.
America’s biofuels policies inevitably lead to larger price responses to supply shocks in the short run.
In order to provide more energy to meet development goals without accelerating global warming, there must be a shift to a new energy infrastructure built around renewables (of which the most significant are probably solar power, wind, and biofuels), cleaner coal, and carbon capture and storage.
Ten years ago, the EU and the US embraced biofuels as a way to combat global warming.
Biofuels have become an almost unstoppable and unmitigated disaster.
Most of that “renewable” energy will still come from crop residue, cow manure, wood, and biofuels.
This is not some farfetched scenario; rising demand for biofuels has spurred devastating land grabs in developing countries for many years.
In fact, meeting higher electricity demand and achieving national targets for production of biofuels and other alternative fuels would require a more than twofold increase in global water use for energy production over the next quarter-century.
Should vehicles be decarbonized through battery-electric power, hydrogen fuel cells, or advanced biofuels?
Decarbonization of these activities will require either electrification or the use of hydrogen or biofuels.
Food in the Age of BiofuelsROME – Over the past several years, biofuels have become a bone of contention.
But others view biofuels as an existential threat, because the plants used to create them compete for agricultural land and water that would otherwise be used to grow food.
Given the right conditions, biofuels can be an effective means to increase food security by providing poor farmers with a sustainable and affordable energy source.
Extending the use of biofuels in these regions could boost productivity and create new employment opportunities, especially in rural areas.
The effect could be made even stronger if the additional demand for feedstock created by biofuels was met by family farmers and small-scale producers.
Biofuels have become a fact of life, and their use is expected to continue to increase steadily.
In 2013, biofuels accounted for 3% of the total transport fuel used around the world, according to a report by the Food and Agricultural Organization and the OECD.
While this percentage is expected to remain steady, we can nonetheless expect the production of biofuels to grow in absolute terms as the global market for transport fuels also expands.
If that prediction is borne out, biofuels will consume 12% of the world’s coarse grain, 28% of its sugar cane, and 14% of its vegetable oil.
The pioneers of biofuels would probably be surprised by how little they contribute to the total world fuel supply today.
Only in recent decades have biofuels regained their original appeal, owing to efforts to secure affordable energy, generate income, and mitigate the dependency of which Ford warned.
Flexibility is key to efforts to leverage the world’s growing reliance on biofuels to boost agricultural productivity, accelerate rural development, and increase food security.
Authorities could require that the percentage of biofuels blended with conventional fuel be increased when food prices drop and cut when they rise.
If cars are equipped with engines that can run on conventional fossil fuels or blends with high percentages of biofuels, consumers can adapt to changes in prices by switching between one or the other.
On the other hand, emissions of carbon dioxide can be reduced simply by using biofuels, made from plants whose carbon dioxide “price” was paid via uptake of the very same gas from the atmosphere during their growth.
Rich countries have embraced biofuels – energy derived from plants – to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
But the climate benefit is negligible: according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development, deforestation, fertilizer, and fossil fuels used in producing biofuels offset about 90% of the “saved” carbon dioxide.
In 2013, European biofuels used enough land to feed 100 million people, and the United States’ program even more.
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