According to the National Institute of Space Research, deforestation in the Amazon has declined sharply just as American biofuels production doubled.
Indirect Land Use Change
Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) assumes that growing grains for biofuel production displaces other crops, which are then grown in other parts of the world, leading to deforestation. The theory is flawed, speculative and withstands no credible scrutiny
According to the National Institute of Space Research, deforestation in the Amazon has declined sharply just as American biofuels production doubled. In 2004, 10,588 square miles of the Amazon was deforested and in 2008, that number dropped to 4,621 square miles. Meanwhile, U.S. ethanol production has gone from approximately 3 billion gallons in 2004 to approximately 9 billion gallons in 2008.
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