I know Rex Murphy's got a good vocabulary and all, but who on Earth who knows anything about climate change was touting biofuels as a solution to that problem?
This CBC climate crank claimed tonight that environmentalists saw things like ethanol and whatnot as climate silver bullets.
Some of the biggest boosters of biofuels have been U.S. President George Bush and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and I suspect more for reasons that have to do more with perceived energy security and domestic partisan politics than fighting climate change.
Most responsible environmentalists have said from the get-go that food crops shouldn't be converted into fuel -- or tropical forests, for that matter. I believe it was also environmentalists who noted that food crops produced with industrial agriculture techniques aren't climate-friendly. They do think there's some promise in converting cellulosic fibre (i.e. straw and other biomass) into ethanol. But the economics aren't there for that process yet.
There was nothing in Murphy's commentary that reflected those facts. Draw your own conclusions.