Today in Biofuels Opinion: “The unprecedented escalation in oil and food prices is a clear and present danger to our economy and national security”

Lester Brown in the Houston Chronicle: “For years, Congress has promoted corn ethanol, touting its purported environmental benefit. Mounting data now suggest these assumptions were wrong. Expanded use of food for fuel is exacerbating environmental threats, including pollution in U.S. waterways. New data out this week on the growing “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico starkly highlight this concern.”

Robert McFarlane and George Philippidis in the Wall Street Journal: “The unprecedented escalation in oil and food prices is a clear and present danger to our economy and national security…The only permanent solution is diversity in our fuel supply to ensure competition and choice in the marketplace…Biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel are cheaper than fossil fuels, and will become even cheaper if we eliminate the senseless tariff on ethanol imports from Brazil.”

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