Original here, Portuguese translation here. Although not related directly to the past few posts I have made (agriculture and biofuels in Brazil), it has a close relation to my object of studies (agriculture in Brazil). Therefore, I am blogging.
Não se trata de frear o desenvolvimento a que diversos países aspiram, mas devemos ter consciência das [...]
The author, Steven Koonin, points out several important issues for developing the biofuels and making them a globally viable solution to the energy issue. (As he well observes at the footnote, “Brazil is a singular counterexample, where favorable agricultural conditions and a flexible processing infrastructure allow the majority of the country’s road transport to be [...]