World Bank Report Could Undermine Biofuel Support (Reuters)
July 10, 2008
An analysis by Reuters quotes Kim Elliott on the biofuels debate
From the article:
Kimberly Elliott, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Center for Global Development, said the debate around biofuels should not be about numbers but should focus on the broader issue of whether current biofuels policies work or not.
"It doesn't really matter if biofuels' contribution to the food price crisis is large or small because promotion of the current generation of biofuels doesn't make any sense anyway," Elliot said.
"It is premised on energy security and mitigating global warming, and it's not achieving either of those things. Also, new scientific research on the global warming front suggests it is actually making things worse because of the land use changes," she added.