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The recent New York Times article on biofuels ("Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Gas Threat", February 8), they outline externalities not currently included in biofuels policy. How would you, from a policy perspective, propose to incorporate their findings into a more comprehensive biofuels policy? How would you balance energy security and environmental issues? What other factors would you consider?

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Externalities associated with biofuel use for Greenhouse gas threats.

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The problem the article specifically addresses is the conversion of natural ecosystems into crop land. This is bad environmentally for a number of reasons, not just because of greenhouse gas production. In order to incorporate these findings, we need to start from scratch in our thinking about how biofuels are produced. Except in very limited circumstances, growing biofuels on croplands ...

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