by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Clifford Day [courtesy of Blog for America]


If you want to learn more about about biofuels you may find the October 2007 print edition of National Geographic Magazine worth buying or perusing at the library.  It contains a very balanced article on biofuel production (ranging from corn based ethanol through algae).  You will also find a short essay by renowned environmental journalist Bill McKibben on wedge strategies to seriously reduce CO2 emissions. 

If you don't have access the print magazine, you can find the biofuels article and an interactive comparison of the various biofuels available online:  

Green Dreams by Joel K. Bourne, Jr.
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2007-10/biofuels/biofuels.html?fs=www.nationalgeographic.com

Biofuels Compared: See how emerging biofuels compare and hear about the benefits and potential costs of alternative fuels.
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2007-10/biofuels/biofuels-interactive.html

Carbon's New Math by Bill McKibben

by auros [courtesy of Calitics: Soapblox California - Front Page]

I don't know how many people picked up on this, but there was a tidbit in Obama's speech that may be important, and I'm hoping somebody will ask him to expand on it (and I plan to dig through his website later to see if there's more info)...
He said that he would launch a carbon cap-and-trade system, and that he would auction off the credits.  One of the big arguments in regard to cap-and-trade, is whether to allow businesses that currently emit to start off in the system holding credits -- "grandfathering" them in.  (This is tied up with Bush administration's efforts to make expanding an existing dirty business not trigger "new source review".)  If folks know that in a year or two they're going to have to bid in an auction for the right to continue their current businesses, we're going to see much faster reductions in CO2 emissions.

In other global-warming news, Chris Dodd came out foursquare in favor of a carbon tax.  I guess an advantage of having no chance, is you can say things like that...