Saturday, October 2, 2010

The Ethanol Fiasco

Climate change enthusiasts have problems with data from different research sources, whether it be poor interpretation of science or scandal involving basic research.

The noted journal Science, in a study of biofuel emissions, found an error in the way climate-change studies are being made. It discovered that ethanol produces the same amount of greenhouse gas as fossil fuels. or more such gas per unit of energy. Yet ethanol was always considered to be better than oil or gas as a fuel, in this regard,

Also, ethanol displaces and raises the cost of a food product. That was always a negative. Along with the fact that it’s a relatively poor source of energy, compared to conventional fuels.

Pure politics has dressed up to appear an environmental bonanza.

The unintended consequence will be that land will be used for wrong purposes, and rain forests will be converted for the production of this poor energy substitute.

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