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Last June in this space the bad science and false hope that was fueling the biofuel frenzy was outlined and rebuked.

“The idea that we are using food sources to create fuel is scary,” “we should never put fuel and food in conflict,” and “what we could be gaining in oil independence we could be paying for in food prices,” were just a few of the notions served up for public consumption.

This was not the first place to raise the red flag over the wisdom of turning food into fuel. Not even close. But at the time the critics were hard pressed to get a word in against the la...