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		gojomo on Nov 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobel Prize winning biochemist says all biofuels a... But would they make a profit without government subsidies and set-asides for corn-derived fuels? That's what is at issue.

jules on Nov 23, 2012 [–]

This is why a tax on carbon is better than subsidies. Then that 7 fossile fuel Joules to 1 biofuel Joule would be a huge loss. Incentivize what you actually want to optimize.

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