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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
That's really the problem right there. With this whole 'bio-fuel' thing going on we've started the snowball rolling downhill. It is completely irresponsible to plant fuel instead of food. Our food prices are only now significantly starting to increase as a result of this joke. Bio-fuel's pollute just as much as oil and are also extremely more inefficient in terms of energy output.
They are popular because of this romantic environmental notion of getting transportation fuels from plants. They make for good billboards and advertising and give people the perception that they are clean and efficient when the opposite is the case. Farmers love it because artificial support for bio-fuels incerase the prices of their products and farmland. Politicians love it because they can brand it as an innovative solution to environmental problems and enjoy support from farmers who benefit and the ignorant who buy into the propaganda. Oil and Gas companies love it because they can cheaply buy and build a Bio-fuel plant and brand themselves as 'green' while not changing a thing about their staple operations. It's hypocracy at it's worst.
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Great points. There's been a series airing on CNN the past couple weeks called 'scorched earth'. It's shed some light on what's pushing a lot of this bio fuel movement. A lot of it has to do with public opinion, especially in the election cycle, but there are some ubber determined lobbyists pushing this forward too.
This link talks about the CNN special:
http://envirowonk.com/content/view/57/1/