But that's what Al Gore does...

You know what I'm getting kiiiind of sick of? Presidential candidates that (rightly) make the environment one of the biggest campaign issues, but choose policies that sound familiar (i.e. from the last 8 State of the Union addresses) rather than ones that are, you know, well-thought-out. Or even rely on knowledge that any freshman environmental studies major would be able to tell you. I'm referring to biofuels.

Biofuels require more oil to produce than they save. So when you put 10 gallons of 10% ethanol gas in your tank, you're not consuming 9 gallons of oil rather that 10...you're actually consuming more than 10 gallons, more than your would if you had gone to a non-"flexfuel" station. (I nevertheless commend your effort, but seriously, stop doing it now).

Oh, that and making biofuels out of corn (which is less efficient than using sugar cane or switch grass) is causing the poorest of the poor in the world to starve due to rising grain prices while industrial agriculture gets rich off of ethanol demand, speculation on corn prices in the commodities market, and farm subsidies that come from our taxes. (For that matter, lets get rid of farm subsidies. If they actually went to small (often organic) farmers, who often don't qualify for subsidies, I wouldn't have this issue).

This is why I like Barack's energy policy the best--he calls for the use of non-food crops to make biofuels, though he doesn't take it far enough. ALL of the crops that we use for biofuels should be non-food crops, like switch grass. But before that, let's go back to doing research in biofuel production so that making biofuel actually cuts down on our oil use, rather than increasing it.