Renewable Fuel Standard Should Be Based On Science – Not Special Interests
Biofuels aren’t all bad. I’m not a huge fan of corn ethanol, but scientists believe it can help cut back global warming emissions from vehicles. So fine, let’s put a few of our resources and dollars behind it.
But we certainly shouldn’t spend billions converting forests and grasslands to farmlands in order to grow crops for fuel. It’s a huge waste of funding and, even worse, such irresponsibility will lead to outrageous pollution.
Lobbyists are working overtime in order to pressure the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ignore…science… when creating the Renewable Fuel Standard. This is the first global warming pollution criteria for the United States dealing with ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable fuels.
In order to fix this situation and help protect our planet, we need to speak louder than the lobbyists.
The EPA is holding a public comment period through July 27 on these proposed standards. Use this opportunity to contact Administrator Lisa Jackson and demand that the best science be used when determining RFS standards.
Only then will the best biofuels become part of the solution instead of the problem.
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It’s particularly bad when switchgrass is a much better source of cellulosic biofuel than corn. Ah well, I’m sure Mother Earth can take another one for the team.
Corn-based ethanol would not even be a topic today without government intervention. This is what drives me crazy about government promoted solutions. Our government picked corn-based ethanol as a winner back in 1978 and has since supported it with tax subsidies. The government’s solution, as your link points out, is a total loser unless you want to win the Iowa primary. The cost to taxpayers is huge. This is why I don’t trust government to subsidize “Big Solar” and “Big Wind” as the solution to what ever problem we may have.