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I saw that this morning

Today's NYTimes:

Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/science/earth/08wbiofuels.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I've only had a chance to scan it, but I couldn't find much to disagree with.

One point that I struggled with is the assumption that crops will be grown on fields where forests used to exist. That's not necessarily the case.

Overall, I think ethanol catches a bad rap because of US corn ethanol. My understanding is that sugarcane ethanol (such as in Brazil) makes far more sense.

Either way, the whole biofuels debate has a lot more to do with interest groups and lobbyists than it has to do with the environment.
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