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Author Archive: Nathan Schock
Ethanol or Tar Sands?
Those who are pushing the inclusion of indirect land use change (ILUC) in government regulations have thus far proposed ILUC as the only indirect effect and that it only apply to biofuels. A letter from more than 100 scientists pointed out this would create unequal boundaries for transportation fuels and unfairly disadvantage biofuels. But are there indirect effects from producing gasoline? In a March 16 hearing, staff for the California Air Resources Board said they Read More >
Biofuels & Climate Change
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Tags: biofuel, biofuels, California Air Resources Board, carbon debt, climate change, Climate Change, corn ethanol, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use Change, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Oil prices
Tags: biofuel, biofuels, California Air Resources Board, carbon debt, climate change, Climate Change, corn ethanol, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use Change, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Oil prices
Tilman clarifies study
Much of the media coverage of the recent Science Magazine studies made it clear that many hadn’t actually read the studies before they reported on them. Some interpreted the studies as condemning corn ethanol production now, not as the worst case scenario of what could happen in the future. University of Minnesota professor David Tilman, an author of one study, clarified it today in an interview with Minnesota Daily: Tilman, who is currently on sabbatical Read More >
No land cleared for biofuels
One of the many flaws of the Science Magazine studies on biofuels and land use changes is their assumption that an acre of crops dedicated to biofuels in America will lead to an acre of deforestation elsewhere in the world. In fact, in a recent interview with the Nature Conservancy (his employer) Joe Fargione, the author of one of the studies, goes well beyond the data supported by his study and claims that “Increased demand Read More >
