Fuels from biomass are not sustainable, are ecologically destructive, have a net energy loss, and there isn t enough biomass in America to make significant amounts of energy because essential inputs like water, land, fossil fuels, and phosphate ores are limited. Fertile soil will be destroyed if crops and other wastes are removed to make cellulosic ethanol. Fuels from biomass are not sustainable, are ecologically destructive, have a net energy loss, and there isn t enough biomass in...

To suspend or fire a public figure for saying what they really think is to ensure watered-down opinions that are as useless as a small December wind whining for attention. There is rarely a day that passes in my free-woman life that somewhere, some man makes some derogatory remark like "them f--king women libbers. I can't speak for you but that flag won't fly from my free-woman porch. The American Reporter Vol. I line my birdcage with the mail or work it into the fertilizer for my rose...

They said that farmers are facing hard times as various types of vegetables, potatoes, and paddy have been badly affected by pollution caused by brick kilns, and vegetables are getting disease because of polluation. Experts reveal this fact at the concluding workshop programme on ' I. RSS MADHYAPUR Thimi, May 6: Growing urbanization and pollution caused by the brick kilns are steadily degrading productivity of agricultural land of this region. At the workshop, Director of the Central...

Congress is weighing bills to boost ethanol production in several ways, but the industry worries that on-again, off-again subsidies will subject it to the fate of the solar- and wind-power industries, which have seen federal support come and go. To ensure a long-term transition to ethanol and away from gasoline, Congress should mandate limits on carbon emissions, either through a tax or a cap and trade system. Today's Globe Local Politics Opinion Magazine Education NECN Special reports...

Bright yellow, showy blooms of the Engelmann Daisy, Plains Coreopsis, Coneflower, Parralena, Engelmann Daisy, Texas Squaw-weed, Brown-eyed Susan, Butterweed, Goatsbeard, Golden Crownbeard and Thelesperma brighten the roadsides like so many rays of sunshine. Bright yellow, showy blooms of the Engelmann Daisy, Plains Coreopsis, Coneflower, Parralena, Engelmann Daisy, Texas Squaw-weed, Brown-eyed Susan, Butterweed, Goatsbeard, Golden Crownbeard and Thelesperma brighten the roadsides like so...