Inter Press Service: Earlier in the decade, biofuels were hailed as the energy panacea, the silver bullet to solve oil shortages and abide by environmental concerns. The European Union recently took the lead in imposing the use of these liquid or gaseous fuels made from plants. But the green credentials of biofuels have since been disputed. The total amount of energy needed to transform biomass into ”green” fuels offsets most of the energy biofuels save when the entire process or life-cycle is …