Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The Biofuel Debate

I had a lengthy telephone discussion with my corn-belt Dad this past weekend.  He's deeply involved in agri-business, but isn't convinced that the push for biofuel is all it's made out to be.  I stumbled on this excellent summary of all of the issues involved in the debate today.  Save it.  It's great information for when you start talking about this topic.


Biofuels: good, bad, and ugly



We’re hearing more and more about biofuels because they’re an alternative fuel (i.e. “good”), because they don’t increase carbon dioxide in the air (”good”), because they can be produced any time any where (”good”), they can be used in current cars (best of all), and are generally the solution to a zillion looming problems. If it [...]


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