The global food-versus-fuel debate has subsided as commodity prices have declined. As a result, biofuels have re-emerged as an environmentally-helpful alternative fuel.

BioFleet is a western Canadian market development program helping to develop a viable biodiesel marketplace.

BIOFUELS AND COMMODITY TURBULENCE

For the past year, the negative headlines in the mass media about biofuels have been akin to supermarket tabloids - food riots, mass starvation, environmental destruction. But, like many issues, one has to get behind the headlines to better understand the factors affecting retail food prices.
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BIOFUELS GAIN ENERGY BALANCE

Fuel energy balance is one of the most critical and controversial factors when looking at the potential for biofuels to replace fossil fuels.
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CLOSING THE LOOP ON BIOFUEL PRODUCTION

Biofuels are a complement to food production, not a threat." Byproducts from agriculture and forestry offer the most immediate opportunity for next-generation feedstocks.
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NEXT GENERATION OF LIQUID BIOFUELS

The next generation of biofuels will come from a much wider variety of feedstocks, especially those now considered waste products - municipal wastes, forestry residue, corn stovers, plant straw and livestock manure.
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