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 Stories About: biofuels AND energy AND ethanol AND interview AND Terry Tamminen
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Terry Tamminen: Ethanol
Let's wonk it out |
David Roberts |
12 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| DR: On our site there are many people highly skeptical about biofuels. For lots of reasons: corn ethanol barely breaks even on energy balance. It's an environmental nightmare, with nitrogen fertilizers in the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a commodity sector governed by a few massive multinational corporations, which are lavished with subsidies -- seems awfully reminiscent of the petroleum sector. The inevitable response to any criticism of corn eth ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, energy, ethanol, interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics) |
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