http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation Annie made me watch a biofuel documentary called Fields of Fuel--AKA, according to my boyfriend, "that film with that annoying guy"--for SIFF. Let me reiterate here just how much I don't recommend that you see it. My brief review: A vanity project by biofuel proselytizer Josh Tickell that fetishizes alternative fuels such as ethanol and soy-based biodiesel while ignoring the many downsides of America’s car-oriented culture. Relying heavily on interviews with Tickell himself (plus cameos by celebrities such as Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson), Fields of Fuel is little more than biodiesel propaganda. Tickell, wide-eyed, asserts repeatedly that biodiesel “could... Copyright 2008 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:32:20 -0800 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:17:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Soy-based biofuel is almost as stupid as corn-based, but not all biofuels are equally bad. Sugarcane ethanol pencils out quite well, and algae is extremely promising for diesel. The fry-oil thing is just sad.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1048463 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1048463 SIFF Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:47:41 -0800 Wait... ECB has a boyfriend? (Poor bastard.) What did he do to incur such vengeful wrath from his God?

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1048616 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1048616 SIFF Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:07:35 -0800 At least she didn't make you watch a movie about couscous for 3 and a half hours ... the first 1.5 hours was ok, but ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1048733 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1048733 SIFF Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:25:51 -0800 Will, The Secret of the Grain is 2 hours and 31 minutes. And nobody made you watch it.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1048979 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1048979 SIFF Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:07:00 -0800 If it turns out that you do have some sort of magical power over Will to make him do things he doesn't want to do, Annie, I have some other suggestions.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1049305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_day_22_nonrecommendation#c1049305 SIFF Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:17:07 -0800