Biofuels are prime cause of food crisis, says leaked report

• Read my lips: To say that biofuels cause food prices to increase is either stupid, misleading or both. First-generation biofuels cause food prices to increase, because first-generation biofuels are made from food plants. Duh. Some companies thought it was opportune to make a quick buck selling first-generation biofuels without regard for impacts on the global food market, and there you have it.
• You’re parroting back at me that hogwash about second-generation biofuels not being marketable yet? Make biodiesel from non-food crops. You can do this in mass quantities or in your backyard. Voila! Second-generation biofuel.

Manna from hedge fund for Christian site

• Don’t look at me. It was only a question of time.

Feds to require visitors fingerprints when they leave US

• So, it’s not entirely clear from the article whether or not they want to collect biometrics on US citizens travelling internationally as well as on foreign visitors who are leaving the country.
• In any event, this keeps us right on track towards eventually monitoring all the movements of US citizens, then restricting that movement. Where’s Stalin when you need him?
• Fortunately, there will be different people in charge of Homeland Security by the time they want to see this implemented, so maybe there’s hope.
• All in all, then, I guess it’s a good thing that this announcement was leaked. It makes it that much easier to find a Presidential candidate to vote for.

‘Revolutionary’ Carbon Dioxide Maps Zoom In On Greenhouse Gas Sources

• Evidence-based policy at its finest.
• Well, maybe only the evidence part. We’ll see if policy is ever affected, won’t we.

Some Big Bang Supporting Assertions Challenged

• Well dang, there goes his funding…

Cosmic Clean-Up: Wild Ideas to Sweep Space

• Trillions upon trillions of dollars spent on space programs, and nobody thought about cleaning up after themselves?

Government Reports Warn Planners on Sea-Rise Threat to U.S. Coasts

• Umm, has anybody told the President yet?

Boston Bans Trans Fats

• What an interesting concept. With a precedent like this, city governments could ban all kinds of things, couldn’t they. Automobile emissions, for example.

Thirsty Hybrid And Electric Cars Could Triple Demands On Scarce Water Resources

• Oh, gee. Well, we’d better just stick to fossil fuels, then.

US corn biofuels will expand Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’: scientists

• Can anybody say organic ethanol? Or does that only work for broccoli?