 6/10 Very Good --- science.qj.net http://feeds.feedburner.com/qj/space
Saturday, July 12, 2008 --- 86 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/space/~3/333279620/122062
 The guys at LHC countdown are probably just excited to get the Large Hadron Collider up and running, but putting a countdown timer for its launch on their website feels too much like counting down to the end of the world. Then again, it does get me excited to have the thing launch already. At any rate, we're still here, and the Collider's way over there (unless you live in Switzerland, in which case, warn the rest of us if a wormhole suddenly pops up beside you, and if you make contact with the Shi'ar) so now it's another edition of the Science Weekend Warrior ! This week we go into politics. I know, I know, science and politics shouldn't mix. Separation of the church and state and all that. Still, it can't be helped. Science is power, and power is political. Biofuels , today's first topic at hand, is a prime example of how science can be used as a political tool. Biofuels has been a hot topic lately. An extremely political topic too. Dare I say (beware, pun ahead) a hot potato! Get it? No? Anyway, while biofuels may be cleaner and greener than fossil fuels, it is extremely demanding on land resources. There is, after all, only a limited space on Earth to grow plants on. The Bush administration has biofuels as one of its platforms, and claimed that producing it causes only a 3 rise in food price inflation. A leaked report from the World Bank, however, showed that the estimate is closer to 75 . It is believed the report was suppressed ... |
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