Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Bio Fuels - Another source of pollution?

Discharges from bio fuel producers can have a substantial environmental impact. NY Times story Pollution Is Called a Byproduct of a ‘Clean’ Fuel. The other day there was an article about the huge amount of water needed for producing ethanol, and how this poses a possible limit. Here is a positive view of how much water Ethanol production uses.

I am not sure if the reporting of negative articles about pollution is a trend. Yesterday's article about Solar Plant Waste in China is an example. Sometimes when you have to much positive reporting, there is a backlash with an increase in negative stories on subjects. A joke I heard was if your a company, start worrying when your CEO's picture is on business week, for that's when things are about to go negative.

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