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  Biofuel Vehicles to Put Our Health at Risk
...The latest scientific research reveals that biofuels used in vehicles may be more harmful for human health than the petrol used today. By 2020, 10% of all transport means should run on biofuels as agreed by the EU. The researchers invented a special computer model to determine air quality in 2020. The model showed that ozone level in some regions would grow if bioethanol was used for all cars. It would cause more ail...
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  Global Food Crisis to Make 100 Million People Starve
... More and more arable lands were turned into pasture for livestock and raising cattle is a profitable business. The rising oil prices push many countries to grow energy crops that can be used to make biofuels. Civil wars also lead to a high number of incapacitated people who cannot produce food but need it for survival. Robert Zoellick repeated his call for 500 million U.S. dollars from donor governments for a "New Dea...
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  Scientists Create World's Fastest SuperComputer
...he supercomputer will be used for nuclear weapons research, but will have a numerous applications in medicine and science, engineering and other fields. It has a great potential to help in developing biofuels, new drug therapies and even vaccine for the HIV virus, solving global energy tasks and find a clue to the origins of the universe. The RoadRunner is now placed at the IBM research laboratory in Poughkeepsie, N.Y...
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  Forests to Be Destructed for Food
... With the growing demand for food, biofuels and wood, deforestation is almost inevitable, the Rights and Resources Initiative report says. According to the latest report, the 515 million hectares of extra land is needed by 2030 and only 200 million hectares is available now. The RRI report calls for reforming of land ownership in developing countries. "Arguably, we are on the verge of a last great global land grab,"...
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