Good for Time et al. for finally saying what every expert had been for a while: ethanol is not the answer (and not even "an" answer) to alternative energy. On the other hand, people have known this for years (see, for example, the second comment in this RealClimate thread from almost three years ago), so the media once again sucks on science coverage: parroting political opinion over scientific concensus and correcting only after the meme had already penetrated the masses. Sigh.
And only after Congress has mandated that we increase production of ethanol to 15.2 billion g/year by 2012.
I would lose my job for much less of a cluster f***.
Posted by: Mason at April 9, 2008 01:36 PM1. Report the lie that the government gives you
2. Pass the laws after the public is behind the lie
3. Report the truth
4. Profit!