Biofuels Quote by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Biofuels are the future of energy in this nation and around the world

— Rod Blagojevich

The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of…

— Bill Gates

It is clearly the case that programs in Europe and the United States that have increased biofuel production have contributed to the added demand…

— Robert Zoellick

The main problem with biofuels - the land required - stems from their low power density.

— Michael Shellenberger

Biofuels such as ethanol require enormous amounts of cropland and end up displacing either food crops or natural wilderness, neither of which is good.

— Elon Musk

A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor…

— Clive James

Will biofuel usage require land? Absolutely, but we think the ability to use winter cover crops, degraded land, as well as using sources such…

— Vinod Khosla

If we can produce more ethanol and bio-diesel to help fuel our vehicles, we will create jobs, boost local economies and produce cleaner burning…

— Rick Renzi

If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving…

— Bill Gates

I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference.

— Vinod Khosla

We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to…

— Bobby Jindal

It is critical to develop a biofuel industry powered by feedstocks produced in every corner of the country, in addition to the Midwest. That…

— Tom Vilsack