Which is of more importance - fuel for energy or food for those who are starving?

It is ethically wrong to advance new technologies that use agriculture as a way to manufacture energy by using food products. These new technological advances cause severe harm to some of the world’s must malnutritioned people. The fact is that biofuels deprive these people of food that is perfectly edible. Every human being should have the right to some sort of food when there is a surplus. It should be consumed first and then used for scientific testing. 

Who gets to consume the energy that a country produces?

There are many countries that produce diodiesel and ethanol. The top producers for ethanol are Brazil and China. The top producers for biodiesel are Germany and France. However, some countries like Sweden and Germany consume roughly twice more than they produce, they import large quantities of ethanol. Other countries like Spain produce more than they consume.

With more crops more water is needed.

Due to the increased popularity of biofuels water reserves in China and India are being threatened. They plan to increase production of biofuels from corn and sugarcane which could deplete their water shortages and then ultimatly  threaten their food production. China and India, the largest agricultural producers and consumers, are already facing  water crisis in agricultural production. So trying to produce biofuels will strengthen the strain on water even more, which will indefinately ruin their future ability to harvest crops for food. 

More bio-crops means more land.

Over farming land leads to soil erosion which is a huge environmental problems in the world. By increasing the productivity land for biofuels, this increases the speed soil errosion. If we want to reduce erosion we must halt clearing land for agricultural purposes.

More homes or more land? What about taxes?

More biofuels means more land for production. This means that residence issues will arrise. Cities will become more rural and more and more land will be set up for agricultural products. If we do not invest in biofuels our government will have to pay a higher excise tax, meaning that to import fuel will cost more money annually.

 

 
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