When talk turns to fossil fuels contributing to global warming, ethanol -- usually made from corn -- is often raised as part of the solution. But it's contributing to the problem, not solving it. That's the last line, in fact, in Michael Grunwald's cover story in this week's edition of Time. The rest of the story lays out very clearly where things stand in the biofuel and alternative fuel situation right now globally. He also details how politicians use ethanol to greenwash their energy policies. It's a thorough update worth reading and sharing, as well as remembering the next time you hear corn touted as a substitute for fossil fuel.
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Bob
Corn is pushed as the alternative because it is a money maker and can be easily controlled. There are many other alternatives such as switchgrass and jeruseluem artichokes which are hard not to grow even in poor soil. Reusing the required heat from distilation would also help. Homes or water could be heated with the resultant heat rather than venting it off into the atmosphere. We do need some form of transportation and this could be a closed loop form. If we also went to wee little comfortable cars at many times the milage currently experienced by todays behemoths it would also go much further in reducing climate change.