Jane Goodell questions biofuels

Is the biofuels industry trustworthy?

"We're cutting down forests now to grow sugarcane and palm oil for biofuels and our forests are being hacked into by so many interests that it makes them more and more important to save now," Goodall said on the sidelines of the Clinton Global Initiative, former U.S. President Bill Clinton's annual philanthropic meeting.

"Biofuel isn't the answer to everything; it depends where it comes from," she said. "All of this means better education on where fuels are coming from are needed."

Biofuels are a great direction, but much of the world is headed down the wrong path full speed ahead. Money, money, money will lead to better technologies, such as cellulosic ethanol, and will justify the means according to these zealots.

Sometimes, however, when you are clearing new ground you fall off a cliff. That's where corn-based ethanol, for example, is taking America.

Unfortunately, money always seems to trump all other issues in big business, and as corporations, even big oil, become more entrenched in biofuels, will profit be all that matters?