8.17.2007

Bio-Fuels Boondoggle



Bio-Fuels Boondoggle Backfires, Badly

Excerpt:

A new study that concludes that rainforests absorb more CO2 than can be saved by clearing the land for biofuel crops. Razing rainforests for bio-fuels? Surely not! Uh-huh. U.S. and European government legislation mandating huge increases in ethanol consumption is already amping-up ethanol production in developing countries


Comment: Answers: Small cars! Think Europe (where the cost of fuel (because of taxes) is high enough to encourage: less driving, smaller cars, public transit)! Also small diesels would be better than ethanol fueled vehicles.

Earlier Cold Fusion Guy comments on Ethanol

Image is of rain forest clearing in Indonesia

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