<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Arguments supporting government subsidies of agrofuels are getting polished]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by JMG http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:55:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/1 Damn

I wish I wrote that.  Well done, sir, well done.

Save the world: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 5% annually.

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I wish I wrote that.  Well done, sir, well done.

Save the world: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 5% annually.

]]> Comment #2 by birdboy http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:16:45 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/2 thank you, BioD

for stomping all over that crap.

It's not ethanol that we hate,

it's taking corn from off our plate

to drive around the map.

a liberal in redsville

]]> thank you, BioD

for stomping all over that crap.

It's not ethanol that we hate,

it's taking corn from off our plate

to drive around the map.

a liberal in redsville

]]> Comment #3 by Ron Steenblik http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:13:42 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/3 Wow!

A magnum opus. You have just performed a great, and needed, public service, BioD.

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A magnum opus. You have just performed a great, and needed, public service, BioD.

]]> Comment #4 by Fallenmonk http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:25:18 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/4 Excellent Work

An excellent job of putting the argument over ethanol and corn based ethanol especially into clear and understandable terms. We need more of this kind of journalism and more people reading it.

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An excellent job of putting the argument over ethanol and corn based ethanol especially into clear and understandable terms. We need more of this kind of journalism and more people reading it.

]]> Comment #5 by odograph http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:48:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/5 efficiency

A good item-by-item response, BioD.

I think it's interesting to note that the winning designs you list at the end (Prius, electric bicycles) are efficiency designs.  They are not alternate fuels (gasoline and electricity have been supplied in quantity for close to a century).

A few people (Amory Lovins?) push efficiency as their thing, and there are some programs (CAFE?) ... but I don't think we are getting all we could out of an efficiency drive.

I bet most people could cut their energy consumption in half, totally without hardship, and saving money overall.  But they don't.  Their mindset is to wait for the "alternate" fuels.

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A good item-by-item response, BioD.

I think it's interesting to note that the winning designs you list at the end (Prius, electric bicycles) are efficiency designs.  They are not alternate fuels (gasoline and electricity have been supplied in quantity for close to a century).

A few people (Amory Lovins?) push efficiency as their thing, and there are some programs (CAFE?) ... but I don't think we are getting all we could out of an efficiency drive.

I bet most people could cut their energy consumption in half, totally without hardship, and saving money overall.  But they don't.  Their mindset is to wait for the "alternate" fuels.

]]> Comment #6 by ethanol http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/ Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:54:16 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/thirty-years-to-hone-an-argument/6 Ethanol fuel

I would like to invite all audience to visit a newly lounched site dedicated to biofuels, ethanol and climate issues. Potential writers are wellcome to write to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') output += "&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"; else output += unescape(l[i]); } document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_nKMMbjgbLw').innerHTML = output; //]]>

http://www.ethanol-news.de

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I would like to invite all audience to visit a newly lounched site dedicated to biofuels, ethanol and climate issues. Potential writers are wellcome to write to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') output += "&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"; else output += unescape(l[i]); } document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_nKMMbjgbLw').innerHTML = output; //]]>

http://www.ethanol-news.de

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