Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law today legislation to drop all state taxes on cellulosic biofuels.  The plan, which also requires heating oil and diesel to be 2% biofuel by 2010, would provide incentives to industries that produce cellulosic ethanol.  The problem is, according to this Cato Institute article, that there is no cellulosic [...]

More news is out about the debacle that is ethanol-based biofuel, and it’s not good.  A recent report found that 75% of the increase in food prices between 2002 and 2008 can be attributed to biofuel production.  Food prices have soared 140% during this time.  Food for thought for the environmentalists, I suppose.
Source: fromtheduke.blogspot.com

The $11 billion in annual subsidies given by the United States, Europe and Canada for plant-based biofuels isn’t doing much to reduce carbon emissions according to a report by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.  They go on to say that carbon emissions from vehicles in areas where the subsidies are received are [...]

I’m proud of the British government right now.  Finally someone over there has awakened to the fact that biofuels cause food prices to skyrocket and massive shortages around the globe.  This is in direct conflict with the EU, who says rising food prices are due to increased demand for meat and dairy as well as [...]

100 million people have been pushed below the poverty line, thanks to rising food prices. A baby of Gore and his global warming myth, biofuels manufactured from food is causing deforestation and additional use of water and fertilizer to grow the crops necessary to make it [...]

There’s a loophole in the biofuel legislation that allows for a $1.00 per gallon subsidy to be collected by private industry for blending biodiesel in with regular fuel.  Once a minimum amount of diesel is added to the mix, the newly-formulated fuel is shipped off to Europe and sold for below-market rates.
Source: www.foxnews.com

Prince Charles, supporting a $15 billion per year program to stop deforestation, says we only have 18 months left before climate change is out of our hands. While he blamed farmers for the loss of natural lands, I place the blame on biofuel pushers. After 18 months [...]

More botched science on the part of the global warming activists. A new study finds that corn-based ethanol doubles the amount of greenhouse gas emissions over 30 years when compared to regular gasoline. So instead of saving the planet, the ecolibs are helping to push [...]

As sort of a prequel to the two-part Skeptical Beginner’s Guide to the Global Warming Hoax I wrote over the last two weeks, here is a really basic primer on terminology used in the raging debate (yes, there is a debate) over global warming.
Anthropogenic:  a really fancy way of saying man-made.
Biofuels:  an energy source, mostly [...]

Welcome to the Global Warming Week-In-Review! I hope everyone will take a few minutes out of their day to call, visit or remember their mother today as we celebrate Mother’s Day here in the U.S. Now, let’s get down to business.
Sunday, May 4th:
A new threat was unveiled Sunday as scientists determined that recent [...]