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   MárciaW (marciaw@ohai.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 17:13:41 JST MárciaW

   Land used for European biofuels could feed 120 million people daily

   Europe wastes land the size of Ireland on biofuels which could be used to produce food or given back to nature to create carbon sinks

   https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/land-used-for-european-biofuels-could-feed-120-million-people-daily/
   #agroecology #climatecrisis

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 17:13:33 JST pettter

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     @MarciaW You want to go after unnecessary land use, go after the meat industry.

     And I say that as a meat eater.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 18:01:27 JST pettter

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     @MarciaW There are cases where biofuels are the only viable alternative, especially in a period of transition away from fossil fuels.

     Could it all be supplied just with byproducts from food production and other processes?

     There are definitely cases where biofuel production doesn't make sense (corn ethanol in the US comes to mind), but I wouldn't do a blanket statement for all of it.

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     MárciaW (marciaw@ohai.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 18:01:28 JST MárciaW

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     • pettter

     @pettter
     We know that in Brazil for ex. cattle is one of the primary drivers of deforestation and landgrabbing, human rights violations in different biomes like the Amazon, Pantanal (wetlands) and the Cerrado. And should be stopped ASAP. But the use of arable land to grow biofuels is also unethical.