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Biofuels [Date]
Today I will: - Be able to explain what a biofuel is- Be able to explain the benefits and disadvantages to Kerala.
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What is a
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Biofuels are fuels made from plants. Crops are grown to produce biofuels.
In Kerala, the main biofuel crops are jatropha and sugar cane.
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Disadvantages: -If more land is used for sugarcane then there is less food grown (around one quarter of people in India do not have enough food).-Sugarcane and jatropha use a lot of water.-Trees have been but down to make room, meaning more greenhouse gases and soil erosion.-Expensive to make.
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Advantages-It reduces the amount of and cost of oil that India has to import.-Using biofuels should reduce the cost of fuel. This should in turn help industries, so factories can employ more people who will then have a higher standard of living.-Burning biofuels put fewer greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
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