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Biofuels: Today's Realities, Tomorrow's Promise

misterarticle.com     May 12, 2008       Send to a friend

Most of today's biofuels industry is based on fairly well understood technology, but there is no doubt that technological innovation will drive the next wave of advancement in the industry. ... Perhaps nowhere is the great boom in clean energy and renewables as visible as...


The Ethanol Industrial Complex

newsvine.com     May 12, 2008    Send to a friend

Washington, D.C. - Ethanol, once heralded as the homegrown Nicorette gum of America's oil addiction, is getting a second look from lawmakers suddenly concerned about the unintended consequences of merging the fuel and food markets. ... Thanks in part to a wave of...

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Biofuels Debate Heats Up

ncpa.org     May 12, 2008    Send to a friend

Yeatman and Radia artile in the Des Moines Register by William Yeatman, Ryan Radia Iowa agriculture is booming now, but disaster looms on the horizon. After a long decline, agriculture in Iowa is surging, in part because Congress ordered the eventual production of 15...

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Shares of ethanol producers rising

ibtimes.com     May 12, 2008    Send to a friend

Shares of ethanol producers climbed Monday after a security analyst dismissed recent talk that Congress may repeal or lessen current required use of the corn-based commodity. ... NEW YORK (AP) - The Renewable Fuels Standard, or RFS, requires petroleum refiners to blend 9...

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Rise in food prices fuels opponents' anti-ethanol case

signonsandiego.com     May 12, 2008    Send to a friend

WASHINGTON – The global rise in food prices is giving political ammunition to opponents of the country's ethanol policy and creating some uncertainty for the burgeoning and heavily subsidized biofuels industry. ... The lobbying blitz appears to be having some effect in...

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Biofuels backlash in US as food costs hit home

terradaily.com     May 12, 2008    Send to a friend

Washington (AFP) May 9, 2008 - A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love affair with the automobile. ... In an open agriculture...

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Ethanol critics urge Congress to scale back biofuels support

lsj.com     May 12, 2008    Send to a friend

WASHINGTON - The global rise in food prices is giving political ammunition to opponents of the country's ethanol policy and creating uncertainty for the burgeoning and heavily subsidized biofuels industry. ... Corn-based fuel raising food prices globally, they say...

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Oppose Climate Alarmist Gore: Sign Free Petition

clipmarks.com     May 12, 2008    Send to a friend

clipped by: merrieclipper's remarks: Worried about high food prices, Congress tries to push the biofuel industry to use nonfood crops.Chicago - America's love affair with corn-based ethanol is cooling – at least in Washington.Some legislators blame the rising use of corn as a biofuel as a key...

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NYT Editorial - Rethinking Ethanol

freerepublic.com     May 12, 2008    Send to a friend

The time has come for Congress to rethink ethanol, an alternative fuel that has lately fallen from favor. Specifically, it is time to end an outdated tax break for corn ethanol and to call a timeout in the fivefold increase in ethanol production mandated in the 2007 energy bill. This does not...

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Time for a timeout on corn ethanol

iht.com     May 11, 2008    Send to a friend

The U.S. Congress should realign its tax and subsidy programs to encourage the biofuels that will not compete for the world's food supply. ... China and Japan start working to get along Hillary Clinton and the campaign One reason is the worldwide spike in food prices....

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Today's NYT Lead Editorial: Rethinking Ethanol

newsvine.com     May 11, 2008    Send to a friend

The time has come for Congress to rethink ethanol, an alternative fuel that has lately fallen from favor. Specifically, it is time to end an outdated tax break for corn ethanol and to call a timeout in the fivefold increase in ethanol production mandated in the 2007 energy bill.

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