Professor Robert Henry of the Bioenergy Research Institute at Southern Cross University in Lismore, Australia has published a study which states that biofuel crops can be grown without cutting into the territory of farming land. His findings were published in Plant Biotechnology.
In the article Henry argues that our dependance on oil can be significantly reduced by growing 100 million hectares of crops, an area the size of the province of Ontario, and only 6% of the world’s arable land. With advances in fuel efficiency technology, Henry fruther argues that this area could be reduced to 50 million hectares.
Henry is just completing a book titled Plant Resources for Food, Fuel and Conservation.
