Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Our climate change models are simply that – computer models filled with assumptions and best guesses.”

From Opposing Views: “For those who are confident that science understands our climate, consider carefully the warning of a researcher recently hired by Washington to figure out the risks of flooding from climate change. The glaring omissions in overall knowledge of the subject led him to determine: “There may not be solid projections. We’re not even coming up with squishy assumptions.” His ultimate conclusion? “This whole thing is not what a sensible person should do.” Amen. In truth, most of our climate change models are simply that–computer models filled with assumptions and best guesses likely to prove errant one way or another. Yet our politicians are still using these “squishy assumptions” as a foundation on which to build their interventions.”

Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska: “The bottom line is this: The theory connecting ethanol production to changes in land use thousands of miles away is fundamentally flawed. Even worse, the methods EPA wants to use are unscientific, unsubstantiated and not based on facts. If EPA incorporates indirect land use in this manner when implementing the RFS, it will be very costly for farmers and ethanol producers and could actually increase our dependence on foreign energy.” /ag/doc4a3f057e69d55152542281.txt

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