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A car with airbags costs more than a car without. Society decides how valuable those airbags are. Society can decide the value of renewable fuels.
Tom Todaro, a leading US biofuel entrepreneur whose various companies have supplied the military with tens of thousands of gallons of mustard seed-derived biofuel, does not see the relative price of biofuels as an impediment.
“This idea that we can match [the price of] crude oil – I think it’s such a bullshit question. A car with airbags costs more than a car without. Society decides how valuable those airbags are. Society can decide the value of renewable fuels.”
Source: ReNewEconomy
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byclimatechangecomedian
May 22, 2012
Looks like this bite is similar to one I posted about Dr. Stephen Schneider talking about a spot on your lungs. Addressing aspects of climate change all comes down to our value judgments. I will have to think though if this bite would be useful for me though when engaging people on climate change.