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Green Gold (2017)

Name: Green Gold
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-12-30T14:52:06+01:00
Rating: 3.19

Documentary | 75 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 75 minuten

Alternative title: L'Or Vert

Country: Belgium

Directed by: Sergio Ghizzardi

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Green Gold plot

In the 1990s, European farmers produced more than they could sell. New markets were sought for large quantities of wheat, maize and rapeseed. The first biofuels were made with these agricultural products. At the turn of the century, biofuels from soy or palm oil seemed to be the solution to our energy crisis. The fuel seemed to be an important weapon in the fight against CO2 emissions from cars, air traffic and ships. But the favorable environmental effect was offset by the practice of large-scale deforestation and the oppression of farmers, and the low cost of biofuels was offset by soaring prices on the world market for agricultural products. Agricultural land was no longer used for food production but for biofuel. This exposed a new dilemma: Which is more important, food or fuel?