Science NewsBlog: More spending for Biofuels?

A chemical engineer tells Science reporter Eli Kintisch that the United States needs to spend an "order of magnitude" more on biofuels research. How about the $500 million just pledged to the cause by BP? "Drop in the bucket," the engineer says.

Read Kintisch's account at the Science Magazine Newsblog, which is offering interesting, off-the-beaten-path reports from the AAAS Annual Meeting.

17 February 2007