…in the long term
They are really good only as a quick temporary fix, tape when what we really need is glue. When you do the math, there is simply not enough land (even counting all the forests we have yet to clear) to make this a viable alternative to fossil fuels.
It is also unlikely that we will reach a break even point any time soon in regards to the costs of production vs. those of global demand. This means that we can only produce bio-fuels using fossil fuels at the cost they are now. When the prices of oil and coal go up as they inevitably must, it may become impossible for the bio-fuel industry to avoid operating at a loss.
There are many negative environmental factors as well but these are all mostly under debate so I will leave those for a later date. Bio-fuels will be a useful tool for the transition from fossil fuels to something else but are not useful as they are not truly sustainable.
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