Another recent
study has found that biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants
are worse than gasoline for global
warming in the short term, challenging Obama administration conclusions. This
study found these fuels release 7 percent more
greenhouse gases in the early years, as compared with conventional gasoline.
The study deals a blow to ‘cellulosic biofuels’ which have received over a billion dollars in federal subsidies.
An unrelated
Associated Press investigation last year found that the Environmental
Protection Agency’s own analysis of corn-based ethanol failed to predict the
environmental consequences accurately. But Democrats, beholden to their
special-interest masters, are not content with driving food prices up with
their ethanol mandates, even if they actually do nothing to alleviate ‘global
warming’.
They insist we
can’t drill for oil off our own coasts (though others can). We can’t access
ANWR oil!
Can’t use our
oil-shale either (we have the world’s largest supply). Can’t burn coal (we have
a minimum 50 year supply)…too dirty! And we can’t build any nuclear plants…too
risky. Hydroelectricity? Come on! Dams are unsightly and block fish migrations.
Fracking? Nope. Well, Canada will sell us their oil, so no drilling/burning/nuclear
waste/dams/fracking on American soil. A win-win, right?
Nope. What if the
Keystone Pipeline somehow sprung a leak or offended a coyote?
Liberals love to
say that even if we were to ok drilling or start building nuclear power plants
or…tried to access and utilize any of our energy sources…it might take up to
ten years to see any real benefits from these policy changes.
I’m pretty sure
they said the same thing ten years ago.
And they sure
don’t like that same argument when it’s brought up as regards legislation to
curtail global warming or ‘climate change’!
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