Biofuels and the Lessons of Easter Island.docVIP

Sustainability 2009, 1, 335-345; doi:10.3390/su1030335 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 /journal/sustainability Review Biofuels and the Lessons of Easter Island Antonio R. Chaves Saint Anselm’s Abbey School / 4501 South Dakota Avenue, NE Washington DC 20017, USA; E-Mail: entropydebit@; Tel.: +1-202-269-2381; Fax: +1-202-269-2373 Received: 27 April 2009 / Accepted: 14 July 2009 / Published: 20 July 2009 Abstract: The return to land-based biofuels ignores the lessons of the past that led to the collapse of civilizations such as that of Easter Island. Even the more effic