Sentences with phrase «views on biofuels»
Lawmakers from Midwestern states also asked about his views on biofuels, an important market for corn growers.
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ANOTHER VIEW Bruce Dale, a biofuels researcher at MichiganState University, says there is a huge amount of uncertainty whenbasing predictions on an inherently complex economic model.Additionally, he asserts that the United States should not beresponsible for «anything but its own environmental profile» and thatto take into account world land changes is unreasonable.
The aiming of this move is to increase Brazilian capacity in food, raw materials, and biofuel production, so that, the country, besides being a key player in food supply, may consolidate, from the technological point of view, the Brazilian role as leader on bioenergy research.
For a great overview of both sides of the argument (framed around the biofuels industry), I recommend you look at two Green Inc. posts framing the debate, one today on the industry point of view that intensified agriculture can cut land use, and one from last week on the opposing view.
Perhaps this view will become the new received wisdom — it's quoted in today's NYTimes column by economist Paul Krugman, «Grains Gone Wild,» who cites «the rise of demon ethanol and other biofuels,» and points out, «Oh, and in case you're wondering: all the remaining presidential candidates are terrible on this issue.»
Notwithstanding critiques of about biofuels» net - energy value by Pimentel and a handful of other researchers, bioenergy was favorably viewed in energy circles until recently on account of its being domestic, abundant and non-fossil.