Articles by Biodiversivist
My real name is Russ Finley. I also have my own blog called Biodiversivist, which contains articles in addition to those submitted to Grist. I live in Seattle, married with children. Suffice it to say that although I am trained and educated as an engineer, my passion is nature. I very much want my grandchildren to live on a planet where lions, tigers, and bears have not joined the long and growing list of creatures that used to be.
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Biofuels Reduce The Biosphere's Capacity to Absorb Carbon
Crossposted from the Biodiversivist blog Brace yourselves for another thought exercise. Tim Searchinger is a researcher who has been published in the prestigious journal Science at least five separate times by my count. His, in hindsight, rather obvious, common sense observations have become a serious thorn in the side of the biofuel industry. He was […]
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Birth Control will not stop climate change
Cross posted from Biodiversivist …but it sure could help. From a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences …reducing peak population to roughly 8 billion, for example, could save 29 percent of expected greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, if people are allowed to retire at a reasonable age (there is […]
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Renewable Fuels Association not happy with E85 labels on pumps
Bob Dinneen, head of a very well-funded corn ethanol lobbying organization, has a new press release in the Huff Po green blog which begins by claiming: Other nations, including Brazil, with at least as many older vehicles on their roads, allow higher levels of ethanol blends with no discernible damage to their cars and light […]
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Automotive X Prizes Awarded
Original article on Biodiversivist. The $10 million dollar X Prize was split between two electric car designs and a design that runs on biofuel (E85) called the Edison 2. In the above video the Edison 2 is hyped by the guy who bankrolled it. He tells us the main reason the wheels stick out […]
