Science catches up to W.C. Varones blog

In March, we told you that ethanol will destroy the environment.

Now, NewScientist Magazine reports: Forget biofuels - burn oil and plant forests instead.

It sounds counterintuitive, but burning oil and planting forests to compensate is more environmentally friendly than burning biofuel. So say scientists who have calculated the difference in net emissions between using land to produce biofuel and the alternative: fuelling cars with gasoline and replanting forests on the land instead.