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When Will We Learn?

I stumbled onto this article (seriously, I don't go hunting for this stuff) today in Time that explains biofuels are actually worse than simply burning old-fashioned oil. From the article:
"But according to a pair of studies published in the journal Science recently, biofuels may not fulfill that promise — and in fact, may be worse for the climate than the fossil fuels they're meant to supplement. According to researchers at Princeton University and the Nature Conservancy, almost all the biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels, if the full environmental cost of producing them is factored in."
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"Many environmentalists have been making the case against biofuels for some time, arguing that biofuel production takes valuable agricultural land away from food, driving up the price of staple crops like corn. But the Science papers make a more sweeping argument."
Interesting. I never knew environmentalists were against biofuels. Somehow the MSM or our beloved politicians don't get that message out - ever. But there seems to be a consistent pattern here. We decide something is bad (based on reasonable research) and jump to find a substitute, without ever considering if the substitute is better or worse [You'll recall this happened with CFC's]. But we changed -- unfortunately the change was worse for us! I guess that's the price we pay for jumping on a bandwagon without verifying where it's going.

It's like what one guy asked a couple of months ago when talking about this subject: "Do our politicians know how to play a simple game of chess? Can't they manage the necessary strategic thinking required to project a few moves down the way and see the possible consequences of current actions?" I guess the answer is no, again.