Comments on: Biofuels , Boon or Bane? http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/24/biofuels-%e2%80%93-boon-or-bane-2/ The World Affairs Blog Network Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:26:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Benefits of Biofuel http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/24/biofuels-%e2%80%93-boon-or-bane-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 Benefits of Biofuel Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:59:15 +0000 http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/24/biofuels-%e2%80%93-boon-or-bane-2/#comment-1279 That' s important, because regardless of what you may be implying, we are not burning all our food. Rather, we are simply raising the possible markets for food. Don' t believe me? As I' m sure you know, the US is the largest consumer and producer of biofuels, and is one of only two countries in which a significant amount of biofuels are consumed. So if biofuels are squeezing world food supply, it should be seen here first above all else, right? That' s important, because regardless of what you may be implying, we are not burning all our food. Rather, we are simply raising the possible markets for food. Don' t believe me? As I' m sure you know, the US is the largest consumer and producer of biofuels, and is one of only two countries in which a significant amount of biofuels are consumed. So if biofuels are squeezing world food supply, it should be seen here first above all else, right?

]]> By: Mike Palmer http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/24/biofuels-%e2%80%93-boon-or-bane-2/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Mike Palmer Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:43:16 +0000 http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/24/biofuels-%e2%80%93-boon-or-bane-2/#comment-767 I completely agree that there are good biofuels, bad biofuels, and biofuels whose net value is ambiguous. Those interested in the distinction between Low-Input, High-Diversity (LIHD) and High-input, Low Diversity (HILD) biofuels might be interested in the LIHD blog: http://testone.okstate.edu/debo/blogs/index.php --Mike Palmer, Professor of Botany, Oklahoma State University I completely agree that there are good biofuels, bad biofuels, and biofuels whose net value is ambiguous. Those interested in the distinction between Low-Input, High-Diversity (LIHD) and High-input, Low Diversity (HILD) biofuels might be interested in the LIHD blog: http://testone.okstate.edu/debo/blogs/index.php

–Mike Palmer, Professor of Botany, Oklahoma State University

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