The Main Cons of Biofuels

A clear and informative article on biofuels and a subtle call to slow things down a bit. I hope that I haven't seem too down on biofuels lately (looking through the older posts they all seem to be negative). I think that all of the mainly skeptical scientific studies and press coming out are the counterbalance to what was a pie in the sky attitude and subsequent explosion of biofuels in the market. I remember it to be like a policy makers gold rush - everyone dropping all common sense and measure and heading for the hills to pan gold. Perhaps there is a romantic wild west notion to panning for gold, but we shouldn't apply that to a potential energy source. Like the article from the Times Online says, not all biofuels are bad, and they tend to be good on a smaller scale. I vote for more study.