Are Biofuels WORSE Than Fossil Fuels?

Biofuels. Are they really a climate solution? Or are they quietly entrenching fossil fuel infrastructure for decades to come? Corn ethanol, sugarcane ethanol, palm oil biodiesel and so-called “Sustainable Aviation Fuels” have all become very big business and a very lucrative investment for landowners. But is that the best use of a precious and finite resource? It's a tricky one! Help support this channel's independence at   / justhaveathink   Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhave... Reference Links Original research paper - False Solution : How do fossil fuel companies reproduce their power through the energy transition. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Our World in Data - Land use for solar panels versus biofuels https://ourworldindata.org/biofuel-la... T&E Article - "Biofuels globally emit more CO2 than the fossil fuels the replace - study" https://www.transportenvironment.org/... Cornell Study - Ecologically informed solar enables a sustainable energy transition in US croplands https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073... Argonne National Lab - Lifecycle GHG emissions of Brazilian sugarcane https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.... Arevon article on US solar on Farmland https://arevonenergy.com/news/blog/fa... Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark:    / simonoxfphys   ClimateTown:    / @climatetown   Dr Gilbz    / @drgilbz   zentouro:    / zentouro   Climate Adam:    / climateadam   Kurtis Baute:    / scopeofscience   Sarah Karvner:    / @sarahkarver   Beckisphere:    / @beckisphere   Our Changing Climate :    / @ourchangingclimate