02/15/07 Biofuel Touted or Tainted?

It is funny how everything that appears so green like &.hybrids, bio-diesel, and sustainalbity can actually be quite grey. Take the recent business section in my local paper, on the same page, three headlines&"Ranchers hit hard by rising feed prices". (blamed on grain being diverted into ethanol) Next, "Ethanol plant coming to the Basin" & Touting the fact Earth Biofuels is planning a new plant in Moses Lake and the shot in the arm it could be for our regions barley growers. Finally, "Oregon economists urge caution on biofuels" &. In less paper then it takes to line the bottom of my bunny's cage, biofuels were touted or tainted. To muddle the puddle even further these economists from a land grant University, our very own Oregon State, were the ones decrying what The Washington Barley Commission called a great possibility for it's growers to expand acreage. Wouldn't you think OSU would be about expanding and