In a move that has been widely predicted, a number of environmental groups who in the past had thought that ethanol and biofuels were the end-all be-all to energy, now act like they never advocated the position.
A startling example of what poor planning, weak science and the same level of understanding about world economics as a chipmunk can do to a problem.
Let us not forget that it was then Vice President Al Gore that cast the deciding vote in 1994, starting the ethanol boom. Here is a wonderful little quote from 1998;
"I was also proud to stand up for the ethanol tax exemption when it was under attack in the Congress -- at one point, supplying a tie-breaking vote in the Senate to save it. The more we can make this home-grown fuel a successful, widely-used product, the better-off our farmers and our environment will be."
Of course he's probably completely correct about global warming-the man's insight is incredible.
