Re: Are Biofuels the Answer?

"I still maintain that the *best* solution is in the 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; with the emphasis on the first R -- REDUCE."

Amen. I could not agree with you more. Technology can only take us so far. The most important things that need to change are human attitudes and behavior.

There's a poem written by the Dalai Lama called "The Paradox of Our Age." You can file it under biofuels or any other topic on this web site:

We have bigger houses but smaller families;
More conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
More knowledge, but less judgment;
More experts, but more problems;
More medicines, but less healthiness;
We've been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
We build more computers to hold more information to
produce more copies than ever but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods but slow digestion;
Tall man but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It's a time when there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room.