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51<br />

‘Two to nines times more CO 2<br />

is released than would be<br />

saved by using an equivalent<br />

area of land to grow biofuels<br />

for 30 years. Put another way,<br />

to pay back the initial release<br />

of CO 2<br />

from clearing the forest<br />

would take 60 to 270 years<br />

of growing biofuels (using<br />

current technologies).’<br />

2007 King Review for the UK Government Treasury

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