Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell, backer of MLB global warming agenda, now backing off ethanol

• Ethanol was a global financial plank in the man-made climate crisis mantra.

On the Phillies big carbon-offset buy: (MLB.com, 4/30/08) Ed Rendell: ""This is such an important initiative and will benefit everyone involved," Rendell said. "It's so vital to preserve our environment and make it stronger.

• Think about all the ketchup and mustard packets, for instance, that people use and throw away into the containers

every night. We're going to replace those packets with dispensers. With 81 home games and all the food consumed, that will save so much. I think the Phillies are a shining example of how to step up and take the lead here.""

• 7/22/08, LancasterOnline.com: "Suddenly, corn ethanol is no longer the darling in the nation's desperate search for an energy alternative to oil.

• In recent weeks, presidential candidate John McCain, Gov. Ed Rendell and U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts have taken actions to slow what

• had been a corn ethanol bandwagon.

Locking up corn for ethanol production has driven up food prices for the poor around the world and hurt many farmers who can't afford the higher feed prices, they say."...

• (On to the next boondoggle) sm

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