CITIZEN POWER ALLIANCE

The recent outpouring of bad news about biofuels is impossible to ignore. The supposed fall from grace of this fuel that was supposed to wean America off foreign oil, slow global warming and restore our agricultural economy has been breathtakingly fast.

From Time magazine's "Clean Energy Scam" cover story last month to scientific articles saying that growing fuel will actually increase global warming pollution, the imminent death of biofuel -- before it was fully born -- is being predicted everywhere.

Yet what has been lost in the debate is what many of us working in this area have known for years: Biofuels are not inherently "good" or "bad." It all depends on how and what fuels are grown.

Done wrong, biofuels are disastrous for our economy and environment. Done right, biofuels not only can fulfill their promise for agriculture, climate change and oil dependence, but they also can bolster our flagging auto industry. And therein lies an opportunity for Michigan.

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