Blogs about: Corn Ethanol
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Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing
“Biofuels are fast becoming a new flash point in global diplomacy, putting pressure on Western politicians to reconsider their policies.” Note that free registration at the NYT may be nece… more »
Chemistry for a sustainable world
Ethanol and the 'Dead Zone'
pastamanvibration wrote 7 hours ago: Subsidizing corn ethanol in America has become the early 21st century textbook example of how gover … more »
Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing
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nearlynothingbutnovels wrote 3 weeks ago: “Biofuels are fast becoming a new flash point in global diplomacy, putting pressure on Western … more »
7 Years until Back to the Future Part II
Plumpy's Ghost wrote 3 weeks ago: And we still don’t have flying cars. However, the cars we do have are sometimes stupidly, stup … more »
A picture speaks a 1000 kernels
Vinay wrote 1 month ago: Here is a clear and well designed image by Mother Jones that succinctly explains the negative aspect … more »
The price of fuel, growing food shortages
casualcausality wrote 1 month ago: The U.S. subsidies for corn producers may be having global impacts on the food supply. Many U.S. ag … more »
Indirect Land Use Thoughts
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brucedaleatmsu wrote 1 month ago: Dear Colleagues: I have spent a lot of time the last few weeks trying to think through the indirect … more »
Do Biofuels Always Bring Rainforest Destruction?
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pwintersatbiodotorg wrote 1 month ago: The debate over “carbon debt” created by changes in land use has recently expanded to include th … more »
Myth: Corn Ethanol is Great
atomcat wrote 2 months ago: Editor Ethanol and wind farms are being used by large corps to extract money from your pocket via t … more »
Biofuels emissions may be 'worse than petrol
atomcat wrote 3 months ago: Biofuels emissions may be ‘worse than petrol’ 19:00 07 February … more »
fact checks from Holcomb hearings, part III
climateandenergy wrote 3 months ago: More questions that have emerged from the hearings - and hey, BTW, I don’t come up with all of … more »
Coffee update
spreadtrader wrote 3 months ago: Coffee trade still on, set tight stops but market just continued higher today - slight correction fr … more »
biofuels
climateandenergy wrote 4 months ago: Super-important report on the sustainability of biofuels, just out yesterday from the Ecological Soc … more »
Missouri Mandates Ethanol in Gasoline (from AP reporter David Lieb)
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nearlynothingbutnovels wrote 4 months ago: “A law taking effect Tuesday makes Missouri just the third state - behind Minnesota and Hawaii … more »
Corn-Based Ethanol is not the Answer: Food and Fuel Compete for Land
tommypaine wrote 4 months ago: Article from NY Times. The federal government is about to make a huge mistake by basing ethanol prod … more »
Treehugger.com - The basics of ethanol
nearlynothingbutnovels wrote 4 months ago: Treehugger.com is an excellent site for environmental issues. In this case, the Treehugger article … more »
Why Corn Ethanol is Bad
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nearlynothingbutnovels wrote 4 months ago: Why President Bush’s corn ethanol subsidy plan, supported by numerous governors and state legi … more »
So What's So Bad About Corn
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nearlynothingbutnovels wrote 5 months ago: These comments are my analysis and discussion of an article on various sides of the “corn etha … more »
Tax incentives go up in smoke, businesses still fail to make money
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nearlynothingbutnovels wrote 6 months ago: As reported by Timothy Gardner of Reuters, ethanol prices are so low that producers are not making a … more »
