Daniel Kammen
Daniel Kammen
Daniel Kammen is the Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley and a climate advisor to the Obama administration. He holds a dual appointment at the Energy and Resources Groupand the Goldman School of Public Policy. He is also a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, for their report, Climate Change 2007, assessing man-made global warming. Kammen was elected a permanent fellow of...
appears clear corn ethanol fossil fuels gas good greenhouse grown offset side
Making ethanol from corn is a good thing if you want to offset fossil fuels from overseas. On the greenhouse gas side of things, it is not clear if corn, as grown today, is a good thing. We just don't know yet, but it appears to be a mildly good thing.
easily switch
This is actually a switch we could make very easily and very quickly.
cheapest cost cuts fuel half possible
This is actually one of the cheapest possible transitions you can make. It cuts the cost of fuel by half at the pump.
available change demand ethanol fuel require supply
Converting to fuel ethanol will not require a big change in the economy. We are already ethanol ready. If ethanol were available on the supply side, the demand is there.
brazil success
Brazil is a big success story in this.
rights law people
Environmental laws give power to the people. Republicans can huff, puff and scream about what they consider strict regulations, but when they cry out for reform, for a quicker process, they're really calling for a restriction of the rights of people to be involved in the planning process.