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...Debate on Clean Energy While Michael Grunwald's cover story on the emerging ethanol industry was both chilling and truthful, it's damaging to demonize the global effort to develop clean fuels as "myth," "scam" and "hype" [April 7]. It is no myth that thousands of scientists and their teams are working feverishly to create biofuels from nonfood plants grown on land unsuitable for food production. The science is still young. We could not have landed on the moon without first launching a primitive plane at Kitty Hawk. But we will succeed. Mark Beyer, Detroit...
...politicians were really serious about tackling climate change and reducing dependence on oil, they would help bring electric vehicles to the market. Providing enormous subsidies to corn ethanol has little to do with addressing climate change; it is another giveaway to the powerful farm lobby and agribusiness. We need bold and tangible solutions to the interrelated problems of climate change, energy and food. Surabhi Gupta, Natick, Mass...
...have been shouting into the wind for years about ethanol. Certainly, its widespread use would reduce our dependency on fossil fuel, but we would simply be burning a different - albeit renewable - source of carbon. Kevin Russell, Goolwa, South Australia...
...culprit in global warming are not supported by scientific facts or reliable statistics. Second, the growth rate of Brazilian emissions has been on the decline primarily because of decreasing rates of Amazon rain - forest deforestation, which is the main source of carbon emissions in Brazil, and increasing use of ethanol fuel. Furthermore, from 1970 to 2005 the use of ethanol in our energy mix has averted the emission of 644 million tons of CO2, the equivalent of Canada's annual emissions. When compared with the unsustainable energy patterns used in major developed countries, the Brazilian experience can be considered...
...knew it! thank you for the in-depth reporting on the ethanol and biofuel rip-off. Are we as a nation so inept? Can't we figure out why prices for eggs and other groceries have gone up 30% in the past year? Please keep on top of this issue. David Jennings, SPRINGFIELD...