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Worse Than Fossil Fuel

George Monbiot · 6 Dec 2005

A change of mind in this piece

The chief danger of biofuels is that growing them for vehicles takes arable land away from food and causes hunger.

I am now prepared to admit that my previous column was wrong.

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  1. I am now prepared to admit that my previous column was wrong.
    I was wrong because I underestimated the fuel's destructive impact.

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