May
After all the hype for biofuels in the recent years it’s almost refreshing to read some controversy on this issue. We all knew that it couldn’t be as good as the government said it was. So, what’s the “new” problem? Well, apparently scientists have discovered that you can’t create biofuels, use it, and then eat it. They also seem to have found that biofuels may actually emit more greenhouse gas than the stuff most of us are using now! Oh, and did you know that the fertilizer biofuel crops require also have a relatively large “carbon footprint?” The original biofuel activists must not have heard that the manufacturing process also has big emission problems itself.
Okay, so let me get this straight… we’re going to clear good forest land that soaks up carbon dioxide in order to grow soybeans for fuel. Right. Let’s just take away natural wildlife habitats, and grow food crops for fuel. I’m guessing biofuel proponents never heard about the starving kids in China and Africa. Oh, well, just a few things to think on for now.