ethanol:good ? or bad ?

The researchers said that past studies showing the benefits of ethanol in combating climate change have not taken into account almost certain changes in land use worldwide if ethanol from corn — and in the future from other feedstocks such as switchgrass — become a prized commodity.
"Using good cropland to expand biofuels will probably exacerbate global warming," concludes the study published in Science magazine.
The researchers said that farmers under economic pressure to produce biofuels will increasingly "plow up more forest or grasslands," releasing much of the carbon formerly stored in plants and soils through decomposition or fires. Globally, more grasslands and forests will be converted to growing the crops to replace the loss of grains when U.S. farmers convert land to biofuels, the study said. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .. . (AP-NEWS REPORT)FEB 7-2008 . ........ .. . . .. . . . . . . . . .ALTHOUGH THE INTENTION IS GOOD,IN THE LONG RUN IT IS A BAD IDEA. . . . .BETTER YET . . . . . ABANDON . . . THE AUTOMOBILE .

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