EPA: ethanol crops displaces climate-friendly ones

AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/5/09 | H. Josef Hebert - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency says that corn ethanol — as made today — has a worse impact on climate than gasoline when land use changes are considered.

But EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Tuesday that future improvements in production technologies are expected to make ethanol and other biofuels more climate friendly than gasoline. ..

Some scientists say that by using more land to grow ethanol crops, there is an increase in greenhouse gases as vegetation that absorbs carbon is replaced.

[NormsRevenge]

The climate "experts" on Capitol Hill and the WH that foisted ethanol off as a reasonable way to go should be proud.

[Jeff Chandler]

Neener neener!

[Myrddin]

Isn't ethanol the ultimate renewable? The crops sequester CO2. The crops are converted to ethanol. The ethanol is burned to create CO2. A full cycle. Apparently, the greenies don't really want a renewable. They want the plants to absorb all the CO2 and never release it. Ignorance.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Today’s “green jobs” morons buying into the Kenyan’s wind/solar scheme need to understand the unintended consequences of drinking the kool-aid.

[Dominnae]

We're not supposed to "think".. they will do that for us. Grr.

Fact Sheet: Ethanol Biorefineries

[sportutegrl]

I like this: future improvements in production technologies are expected to make ethanol and other biofuels more climate friendly

What are these 'future improvements'? Wishful thinking? Vaporware? If the technology exists, why aren't we using it now?