Reply #33: Well, first, not all biofuels are the same. Sugarcane-derived biofuels, [View All]

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which are commonly used in Brazil, are energy- and acreage-efficient, and are cleaner than gasoline (which is why your link to Clinton's investments in Southern-hemisphere biofuels makes no sense here; sugarcane biofuels are great.) Switchgrass promises to be almost as efficient.

Corn-based ethanol, however, is inexcusably dirty and inefficient. And yeah, Clinton did offer funding for ethanol during his Presidency. So did Bush I. So did Reagan. So did Carter. So does Bush II. So will Obama or McCain. But that doesn't mean it isn't a bad idea, and Clinton's past support of corn biofuel does not mean he is wrong to say that it is harmful now.