Thursday, May 08, 2014
Study: Fuels from corn waste not better than gas - AP
Wouldn't you think someone would have projected this BEFOREHAND?
My guess is some elected officials relative or whatever has gotten very rich with taxpayer money over this...
My guess is some elected officials relative or whatever has gotten very rich with taxpayer money over this...
The Associated Press's Dina Cappiello recently posted about it. She begins:
"Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration's conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat climate change.
A $500,000 study paid for by the federal government and released Sunday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that biofuels made with corn residue release 7 percent more greenhouse gases in the early years compared with conventional gasoline."
