I used to have a great deal of respect for Barack Obama, but no longer do. He voted for the egregious Bankruptcy Bill and Dick Cheney's hideous Energy Bill -- neither are even remotely progressive pieces of legislation.

Everyone is getting on the biofuels band wagon, which is more than a bit self-serving for the junior Senator from Illinois. One wonders if he is innumerate, like most of the rest of our population. Do the math, Barack, we do not have enough land mass to grow biofuel and food, regardless of the alleged (and highly dubious) positive energy yield biofuel proponents profess, we'd need something on the order of three additional continents, each the size of the US, to seriously produce the amount of fuel we consume today, not to mention what we are likely to consume next year. At best, biofuels might have a limited utility as a boutique fuel, produced on farms to power farm machinery. I can only conclude that Senator Obama is either an innumerate fool or just another self-serving politician, perhaps both. Don't be deceived by his smile and posturing. And next time you interview him, ask him how he could vote for the Bankruptcy bill and still style himself a progressive.

Most sincerely,
Alec Johnson

I wonder if Obama knows that when Brazil diverted its sugar crop to ethanol, the price of sugar went up 48%? You can't just jump on one facet of a problem and expect meaningful relief. The resource ramifications of our car-hungry society go far beyond fuel. Try checking out what goes into making a car, and how many of those resources are reaching their limits.  

Our transportation energy problem cannot be solved by seeking substitute fuels that will allow us to go on doing what we are doing. Our only salvation is to radically reduce our demand for gasoline.