Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Reducing energy dependence is the highest national security priority for the American public” says survey

From Public Agenda and Foreign Affairs: The Spring 2008 edition of the “Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index” from Public Agenda and Foreign Affairs shows that 60 percent of Americans say reducing energy dependence would strengthen our nation’s security “a great deal,” the highest percentage since the Index’s inception and now the most highly rated of 12 basic strategies to improve national security explored in the survey. Reducing energy dependence is the highest national security priority for the American public.”
Transcript from the Colbert Report: the hit show on the Comedy Central Network: “I’m becoming increasingly concerned about climate change. And not just because we won’t have enough ice floes for our elderly. You see, I’m concerned because people won’t shut up about it. I don’t understand. We solved the energy crisis. The answer was ethanol. Corn plus magic equals gasoline. Leave it to the british to rain on our petro parade. A recent article by the Royal Society of Chemistry blasted ethanol claiming the fuel for one transatlantic flight would require a year’s worth of corn from 30 soccer field. The Royal Society calls this a very inefficient process. It is very efficient. You get to fly across the Atlantic and destroy soccer at the same time.”

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