Five critical biofuel papers by Tad Patzek

Some think of him (wrongly) as the direct spawn of Satan, Big Oil incarnate, and Dick Cheney; however, he's given some thought to the problem of biofuel that can't be dismissed by armchair-based debunkery. The Coming Global Oil Crisis website has a well-buried page linking five of his papers.

That doesn't exactly sound like the propaganda of an oil company disinformation agent to me.

For the more serious scientifically-literate reader, these papers provide deep background on the downside of biofuels. Patzek, as you will see, does not oppose their use; just using them to maintain an unmaintainable system of energy use.

I am coming to the conclusion that biofuels could be the energy source of choice for agriculture in the future. However, I shudder to think of the ecological damage that could result from a full-bore attempt to replace petroleum with agriculture-based fuels. Responsible proponants of biofuels don't propose such a project. But there's Big Money involved, and responsibility is usually secondary in any money-grab.

--p!