Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas compounding global warming, but it is not the initiator of climate change.”

Dr. Peter L. Ward, a retired U.S. Geological Survey scientist, and principal of Teton Tectonics: “Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas compounding global warming, but it is not the initiator of climate change. When very large volcanic eruptions occur every few months rapid warming follows. Too much sulfur dioxide in a short period of time causes warming.”

Eric Bowen, Tellurian Biodiesel: “We’re moving away from soybean biodiesel, which is analogous to corn ethanol, and moving into waste biodiesel, which is analogous to cellulosic. We’re taking things like grease and turning it into fuel. I would argue that biodiesel today, especially waste biodiesel, is a great fuel for the environment, and it deserves more ink. There really is no silver bullet. Electric transportation is not a silver bullet. Ethanol is not a silver bullet. Biodiesel is not a silver bullet. We have to move off this petroleum-monopoly paradigm and move onto a poly-fuel paradigm. We need to try everything, because we don’t know what’s going to work.”

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