Now, that is a question that begs to be answered. One of my readers has left me a comment to my article about the pros and cons of biofuel and it goes like this:
“You forgot to add wood thats a biofuel and a fairly important one”
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Frankly, I have never thought of wood in terms of any kind of biofuel and it surprises me that anyone would. There are so many issues concerning the use of wood as it is, and deforestation is just one (if the biggest and most serious) of them. Not only do people cut the ancient forests for wood to satisfy their enormous appetites for paper and furniture, the new trend in biofuel production causes more forests to be logged to make room for the corn fields and such. And to think that someone actually considers using wood as biofuel is horrifying.
Our planet is slowly dying out and we are running out of resources. And as much as one would like to think of wood as a natural and renewable resource, it is quickly becoming a sort of endangered species in itself.
Despite the fact that wood chips can be used in the production of cellulosic ethanol, it still does not answer the increasing demand for energy and fuel. And unfortunately, the idea of wood as a source of fuel poses more problems ecologically than solves any. In the long run, the cons far outweigh any possible pros. And any tree that would be cut down so one can drive a sports car is simply appalling…
