A simple Google search of the Cornell and Berkley professors involved yields some interesting things. First, that Tad Patzek seems to be a member of the "U.C. OIL CONSORTIUM". You can read the charter here: http://patzek.berkeley.edu/UCOil/charter.html
The other guy seems to be more geared toward environmental impact than the efficiency of ethanol production. http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Faculty_Staff/Pi mentel/pimentel.html
Not to suggest that the research is all FUD, but I get itchy when academia thinks that they understand something better just because their not making a direct profit from it. That somehow their outside vantage gives them a better understanding of how things work.
In high school I came across, and saved a paper copy, an article complaining about the amount of data already lost to old computer tapes from the '60s to date. This article, from 1991, was not located with a search on the current Miami Herald site. (There is a joke in there somewhere). So, I've scanned and posted it for all to enjoy. http://www.floydsoft.com/olddataarticle.doc
Read about the early space mission data lost, old census data, agent orange drops, and more. The man interviewed is involved with the National Archives. If you search for his name you'll come across some pretty interesting articles on what the U.S. government is trying to do to save all this data.
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A simple Google search of the Cornell and Berkley professors involved yields some interesting things. First, that Tad Patzek seems to be a member of the "U.C. OIL CONSORTIUM". You can read the charter here: http://patzek.berkeley.edu/UCOil/charter.html The other guy seems to be more geared toward environmental impact than the efficiency of ethanol production. http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Faculty_Staff/Pi mentel/pimentel.html
Not to suggest that the research is all FUD, but I get itchy when academia thinks that they understand something better just because their not making a direct profit from it. That somehow their outside vantage gives them a better understanding of how things work.
In high school I came across, and saved a paper copy, an article complaining about the amount of data already lost to old computer tapes from the '60s to date. This article, from 1991, was not located with a search on the current Miami Herald site. (There is a joke in there somewhere). So, I've scanned and posted it for all to enjoy.
http://www.floydsoft.com/olddataarticle.doc
Read about the early space mission data lost, old census data, agent orange drops, and more. The man interviewed is involved with the National Archives. If you search for his name you'll come across some pretty interesting articles on what the U.S. government is trying to do to save all this data.