Corn is delivered to an ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa. Roughly 100 trucks a day filled with corn flow into the plant. (Nati Harnik, Associated Press file)
Re: “The truth behind biofuels glitz,” Feb. 2 editorial.
The World Resources Institute report upon which The Post depended for its editorial is deeply flawed and ignores the dangerous reality that we are increasingly dependent not just on fossil fuels in the transportation sector but on some of the dirtiest, most carbon-intensive fossil fuels such as shale oil.
The only way to get greenhouse gas emissions in check is to stop taking carbon out of the ground in the form of fossil fuels. Biomass is the most efficient way to harness solar energy for transportation fuel.
The one thing that the report got right is that we need responsible policy to grow the right kind and amount of advanced biofuels in a consistent manner. To advance the discussion on how to achieve that, we need reporting from people who understand these concepts, and not a one-sided expression of opinion from critics who would entrench our addiction to petroleum.
Don Scott,Jefferson City, Mo.
The writer is director of sustainability for the National Biodiesel Board.
This letter was published in the Feb. 8 edition.
