This statement in the article astounded me: 'While it is important to analyze the climate change consequences of differing energy strategies, we must all remember where we are today, how world demand for liquid fuels is growing, and what the realistic alternatives are to meet those growing demands, said Bob Dineen, the groups director, in a statement following the Science reports release.'
The REAL point is that we have to reduce demand. Obviously reducing demand or moving towards a steady state is not attractive because there is no money in it, making it bad for business (at least current businesses). For the same reason, Reduce and Reuse get very little media coverage--it's all about Recycle. Aren't cars and trucks the main consumers of liquid fuels? CL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung County 434 Taiwan http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William Silvert wrote: > This story appeared in today's NY Times, and the articles referred to appear in the current issue of Science. > > February 8, 2008 > > Studies Deem Biofuels a Greenhouse Threat > > By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL > <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/science/earth/08wbiofuels.html?sq=greenhouse&st=nyt&scp=3&pagewanted=all>
