Ethanol - The Basics
[Some of the following aren't totally anti-biofuel (some think that it can be "done right" -- especially with some types of cellulosic ethanol, a position we passionately disagree with). Nevertheless, there is some great info on the following documents:]
- Fueling Disaster report by the Community Food Security Coalition
- Rush to Ethanol report by Food and Water Watch
- Getting Real About Biofuels by Rainforest Action Network
- Call for an Agrofuels Moratorium
- Ethanol-Industrial Complex
- Full Tanks at the Cost of Empty Stomachs
A statement by the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST), February 28, 2007.
"The current model of production of bioenergy is
sustained by the same elements that have always caused the oppression
of our peoples: appropriation of territory, of natural resources, and
the labor force."
- The Ethanol Illusion [PDF]
by Michael B. McElroy, Professor of Environmental Studies at Harvard, November 2006
Can we move beyond an energy policy running on hype and hot air?
- Feeding the Beast
by Tom Philpott, 13 Dec 2006
It's time for a real "food vs. fuel" debate
- A Bridge to Somewhere?
By Tom Philpott, 15 Dec 2006
"If biofuels are used as a way to leverage conservation efforts, then we support them, with caveats; if they're a way to distract from conservation efforts, as currently seems the case, then we say the hell with 'em. Conserve!"
- Ethanol: A Costly Snake Oil and a Danger to America By Ray Wallace
"In each American community that hosts or is being targeted by an ethanol factory, common sense, honesty, and citizens' physical and economic health are being needlessly trashed for others' profits...There's plain terrorism, and there's economic terrorism. And there's plain stupidity."
- Editorial: Green Plants, Fossil Fuels, and Now Biofuels
by Tad Patzek, UC Berkeley, November 2006
- Ethanol Production Using Corn, Switchgrass, and Wood by Pimentel and Patzek January 2005
Excellent comprehensive article, including the net energy debate, environmental impacts, and food vs. fuel.
- Drunk on Ethanol
Audubon Magazine Aug 2004
Excellent comprehensive article critical of ethanol
- Other ethanol studies
From Earth Track
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