Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Energy independence is a myth as long as our transportation system relies on the internal combustion engine.”

Chris Horner, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the author of Red Hot Lies: “We put up satellites in the atmosphere to measure the lower troposphere. We did this 30 years ago because of the global cooling panic. So we’re measuring where we would find the cooling or warming signal, which is in the lower troposphere. And we don’t see either; there has been a slight cooling in the last few years. The warming of two decades stopped in 1998.”

Mark Barteau, founder of the University of Delaware’s Energy Institute:  “The Obama administration must consider: 1. There is no single solution to the nation’s energy needs. 2. Energy independence is a myth as long as our transportation system relies on the internal combustion engine. The Energy Independence and Security Act passed by Congress in 2007 is wholly inadequate to meet either energy independence or greenhouse gas reduction imperatives. Alternative energy resources such as solar, wind, and nuclear can make significant contributions to the nation’s electric power needs, but will have little effect on transportation. 3. Americans have developed a variety of bad energy habits because of low energy prices. Creating floor prices through taxation that more accurately reflect costs, especially in times of low market prices, is essential to effect social change, prevent backsliding, and channel funds toward domestic investment and way from oil imports.”

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