Blog Heap o'Transport Links 31 July 2016

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Blog-Heap links regarding transportation and related infrastructure,
also energy, because it takes energy to transport,
and virtuality, because telepresence saves on transpresence.

Energy

Corn for Cars - Another "Green" Giant Foul-Up
Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Bloomberg / Examiner-Enterprise Sun 2016 Jul 31, 9:25pm

More than a decade after conservationists helped persuade Congress to require adding corn-based ethanol and other biofuels to gasoline, some groups regret the resulting agricultural runoff in waterways and conversion of prairies to cropland — improving the odds that lawmakers might seek changes to the program next year.…