Friday, February 18, 2011

Biofuels vs Food

Researcher Tim Searchinger reports for the Washington Post how the huge amounts of grain set aside for the production of biofuels (especially ethanol), is a major factor in the developing food crisis. One wonders just when this bad science is going to be exposed and the expensive, counter-productive experiment shut down.

For more, see these Vital Signs Blog posts:

Let's Stop the Ethanol Scam and Al Gore Flips on Ethanol; Admits He's a Political Phony