To celebrate HB-2210’s passage
by George SeldesJune 25th, 2007 at 07:55:49
A concise article on “The Great Biofuels Hoax.”
Includes the memorable (and all-too accurate) phrase “bait and switchgrass” used to describe the biofuels boosters’ tactic of agreeing that, while biofuels aren’t actually useful now, they’re sure to be someday when cellulosic ethanol made from things like switchgrass come on stream.
June 25th, 2007 at 9:03 am
Interesting article, but this paragraph at the end really says it all:
“The question is not whether ethanol and biodiesel have a place in our future, but whether or not we allow a handful of global corporations to impoverish the planet and the majority of its people. To avoid this trap we must promote a steady-state agrarian transition built on re-distributive land reform that re-populates and stabilizes the world’s struggling rural communities. This includes rebuilding and strengthening our local food systems and creating conditions for the local re-investment of rural wealth. Putting people and environment — instead of corporate megaprofits — at the center of rural development requires food sovereignty: the right of people to determine their own food systems.”