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Ethanol critics are plain wrong
"Don't let all the bad press ethanol's been getting lately fool you - 2007 was one hell of a year for the ethanol industry, and 2008 promises to be just as good. Like it or not, ethanol is here to stay."
Chuck Squatriglia at the Wired Blog Network's Autopia section writes about the firm defensive stance Bob Dinneen is taking to downplay the ethanol industry's critics.
"So what about evidence suggesting biofuels cause more greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels because land is cleared to raise the feedstock? Dinneen says such arguments 'ignore the complexities of the land use debate; they disregard the impacts and interplay of numerous global economic, social and political factors.' "
Wow! Anyone got any idea what these impacts and interplays of numerous factors could be?
Read the article here.