biofuels

基本解释

The growing controversy over bio-fuels is also on the agenda.
日益引起争议的生物燃料开发也是议题之一。
The price of both of those crops has risen sharply in recent years because of their use in making bio-fuels.
由于这两种作物可以用于制造生物燃料，它们的价格在最近几年里都大幅攀升。
The United Nations says countries also need to reverse a neglect of investment in agriculture, conversion of some cereals into bio-fuels, and speculative investment.
联合国表示，各国还需要逆转忽视农业投资、将谷物用作生物燃料，以及投机性投资等做法。

They hope that future synthetic cells can make useful bacteria for products like bio-fuels or vaccines, and to clean up polluted water.
Vichai also warns that increasing demand for bio-fuels from grain could reduce food crops, forcing the price of food grains higher.

President Obama specifically mentioned clean coal, shale oil and gas as well as well bio-fuels and renewable energy.
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Further, corn-based bio-fuels used in transportation consume much greater amounts of water than does the drilling for traditional oil.
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