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...starkest example of the problems with the analysis is the time horizon. When the EPA studied a reasonable 30-year time period, even with its generous assumptions, soy biodiesel and corn-ethanol plants powered by coal or natural gas actually produced more emissions than gasoline; corn ethanol only passed the stress test (and just barely) when powered by the cleanest possible power. And that analysis assumed it's a good trade-off to accept massive emissions today in exchange for reductions over 30 years, when in fact massive emissions today could help trigger devastating ice melts and other feedback loops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stress-Testing Biofuels: How the Game Was Rigged | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

Beloved Reading Period is here (FlyBy uses two benchmarks: the last of the formals, and the last day the Owl or Fly is blasting music at 5pm (crossing our fingers on the second one, we suppose)). And it's real.  Yeah, those papers/projects last week were cute and all and oh did they take a lot of time, but finals are where legends are made. Sure, a little teamwork can do you good, and practice (please practice) makes perfect, but when it's gametime, it'll just be you, the blue book, and that cute little old lady...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: O_O VOID 5/11/09 | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...Ross P. Ford ’12 was among the students who also chastised the administration for debuting the cuts during reading period, which he said was a “deplorable” time to notify the community...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Undergrads Criticize Cuts to Student Life | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...Hammonds said that she and Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith had spent much time over the past few months working on the cuts and wanted to release them before exam period...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Undergrads Criticize Cuts to Student Life | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...never, never, never" did the future Pope take part in the group. It was, however, later verified by reporters in the Pope's own writings when he was a Cardinal - and confirmed by Lombardi - that in fact Benedict had been forced to register in the organization for a brief period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Muddled Message for the Middle East | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

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