to what extents are the concerns that the creation of biofuels leads to severe negative impacts on the environment justified?

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Effects of Bio fuels on the Environment

Bio fuel is a type of fuel that is made out of both living or lifeless biological material and specifically , the plants as per the definition given by Shepardson (2009 . According to Shepardson , most bio fuels are in the form of esters , alcohols among others and a good example of this type of fuel is bio ethanol and bio diesel . This fuel is mostly used in vehicles and for it to be considered as a bio fuel

according to Connor Steve (2008 , it must consist of about 80 of renewable materials . The production of this kind of fuel has been said to be impacting negatively on the environment however though this is the case , the benefits of bio fuels cannot be dismissed altogether . As a result of this disagreement a lot of discussions have been held over this issue something that has polarized the society between those who argue that it does not impact negatively on the environment and those that maintain that it does . This becomes the basis of this essay where the will take a stand and support the claims that indeed bio fuels impact negatively on the environment

According to Mongobay .com (2008 , there are various types of bio fuels and one of these is E10 which over time has been greatly improved in terms of quality in that initially it contained about 90 percent of petroleum and 10 percent of ethanol but of...