Saturday, 9 February 2008

Back to the Future...of Biofuel

I'm a big fan of the Back to The Future Movies (1 and 2 for sure...3 was just ok). My favorite part of the movie, besides the hover board, the johnny b. goode scene, and "1.21 gigawatts!!!", was the DeLorean. In the second movie, Doc Brown converts the DeLorean to run on garbage instead of gasoline...aka...biofuel! Where is Doc Brown's Nobel Prize???

Well this trip down memory lane is all in response to a series of articles that have popped up since yesterday on the topic of biofuels. Here are the links to some of them:

LA Times
NY Times
Washington Post
National Geographic

What is the future of biofuel? Are they causing more harm than good? What about the polar bears???

Though the rhetoric paints a pessimistic picture, there is hope (ask Felipe about this if you want to know more...)

Sean

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