Drunk on Ethanol?
August 20, 2007 by cornerhousecomments
Living in corn country you have your ear (no pun intended) to news about ethanol. It was the subject of my post, Beer or Biofuels, The Utimate Challenge. I recently ran across the following interesting commentary from It’s Getting Hot In Here:
Before We Get Drunk on Ethanol, Let’s Make Sure We Get It Right
Not all biofuels are created equal: in fact, depending on how they are produced, biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel can be environmentally destructive, raise the price of food, and even hurt efforts to tackle global warming.
Biofuels - ethanol and biodiesel - present a potentially important (partial) solution to concerns about global warming and our over-reliance on oil. However, to paraphrase a great LA Times op ed on the ethanol craze, alcohol is best enjoyed in moderation, and the same goes for these alcohol-based biofuels. Read the rest here.
Peace and solidarity,
CHC
