Now that grandchildren are being added to our family, my blood runs cold whenever I project out 50 years and imagine what their world will be like at middle age.
As fuel prices rise, Sunoco, ConocoPhillips, and Hovensa are closing the very facilities essential for producing fuels. It raises the question: why would corporations do that?
The Republicans are hoping to blame this rise in the price of gas on Obama's environmentally friendly policies. But here are two major problems with their story.
Damian Carrington, The Guardian. November 28, 2011.
A European proposal would designate fuel from tar sands as resulting in 22 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than that from conventional fuels. But not if the UK has its way.
Given America's enthusiasm for ethanol production, one might assume ethanol is a miracle fuel, sent from heaven to lead the way to independence from oil.
Converting cow manure into a renewable source of fuel is one of those rare situations in which everybody and everything wins—especially the environment.
In the last few years, the environmental community has begun attacking corn-derived ethanol. Although imperfect, there are reasons to give ethanol a fair trial.
