Comments on: Ethanol Health Risks http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/04/19/ethanol-health-risks/ All the makings of a real web site, plus my stuff. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jason Coleman http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/04/19/ethanol-health-risks/#comment-50372 Jason Coleman Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:18:12 +0000 http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/04/19/ethanol-health-risks/#comment-50372 <p>Some more information: <a href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/418/1?rss=1" rel="nofollow">This news item from <em>Science</em></a> indicates that the predicted 185 deaths annually in the U.S. (due to a switch to Ethanol) would be a 4% increase. Not sure how that math came about, but then again, I haven't had the chance to read <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/" rel="nofollow">Dr. Jacobson</a>'s paper yet, either (published today in the journal <em><a href="http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/esthag/asap/abs/es062085v.html" rel="nofollow">Environmental Science & Technology</a></em> [abstract, article for pay journal subscribers only]).</p> <p>Again, I do not mean to fault Dr. Jacobson's work. If it stands to peer review (which is apparently has), then I by no means wish to imply his work is not accurate. Rather, I simply think that this represents a first step towards understand the risks associated with Ethanol and simply one part of the data set needed for good policy.</p> Some more information: This news item from Science indicates that the predicted 185 deaths annually in the U.S. (due to a switch to Ethanol) would be a 4% increase. Not sure how that math came about, but then again, I haven’t had the chance to read Dr. Jacobson’s paper yet, either (published today in the journal Environmental Science & Technology [abstract, article for pay journal subscribers only]).

Again, I do not mean to fault Dr. Jacobson’s work. If it stands to peer review (which is apparently has), then I by no means wish to imply his work is not accurate. Rather, I simply think that this represents a first step towards understand the risks associated with Ethanol and simply one part of the data set needed for good policy.

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