Professor David Pimentel is a Professor of Ecology and Agricultural Sciences at Cornell University, a member of the prestigious Ivy League.  Professor Pimentel is an internationally renown scientist, and a leading authority on agriculture and the environment. He has published over 500 scientific papers and books, and has served on committees including the National Academy of Sciences, US Dep. of Ag, US Dep. of Energy, US Dep. of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the US State Dep. Click here to read his views on corn ethanol.
 

We asked Professor Pimental for his opinion on the Elba plant, which follows:

Subject: Re: Citizens Against Corn Ethanol
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 10:09:17 -0500
From: David Pimentel
To: Fran Heisey
 

Dear Dr. Heisey:

I am pleased to learn that you are trying to insert some logic into the plan to construct another
ethanol plant. I am attaching a copy of the letter to the editor that I sent to the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel. In addition, I am attaching a piece from a draft paper that we are writing that deals in part with
ethanol.
For other specialists who you might contact concerning the energetic, economic, and environmental
problems associated with ethanol, I suggest:

Dr. Paul Weisz, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Walter Youngquist, Eugene, Oregon

Dr. Tillman Gerngross
Professor
Dartmouth College

Dr. Heisey, best wishes,
David