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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Biofuel Blog War:
A recent report clearly illustrates the energy improvements being made at ethanol biorefineries across country.
According to the report by John Christianson, CPA of the independent accounting firm Christianson & Associates, the average amount of energy as measured by British Thermal Units (BTUs) required to produce ethanol and a livestock feed co-product across […]
Ag Secretary Says Ethanol Mandate Benefits Far Outweigh Negatives
Friday, August 29th, 2008Farm Futures:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision not to cut the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) by half was a “watershed decision for the United States of America,” said Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer during a tour of the Farm Progress Show held in Boone, Iowa.
Schafer made the remarks as the show, held for the first […]
Ethanol As Fuel Has Pros And Cons
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Boise State University The Arbiter Online:
If you’re not careful, ethanol could eat your car.
Ethanol breaks down natural rubber and corrodes aluminum - two materials that can be used to create hoses and gas tanks.
Don’t get too worried yet.
When it comes to fuel options there are two different types of cars.
The first type of car […]
Sweet Opportunity For Farmers
Monday, August 18th, 2008The Amherst Daily:
Beets from Cumberland County could soon be fuelling cars if a proposed ethanol plant goes ahead as planned.
Ron Coles, manager of communications and public relations for Atlantec BioEnergy, said farmers across the province this summer planted 550 acres of beets to be used as a demonstration and in the company’s research.
“The main focus […]
Don’t Blame Ethanol For Fuel, Food Prices, Ag Deputy Says
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Winona Daily News:
Ethanol isn’t entirely to blame for rising fuel and food prices, state Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Boerboom told Winona business leaders Tuesday.
Boerboom met with about 25 business people invited by the Winona Area Chamber of Commerce to a lunch at Jefferson’s Pub & Grill. Much of the speech focused on ethanol’s impacts […]
Ethanol Plant To Mean Millions To Local Economy
Thursday, July 31st, 2008South Hill Enterprise:
Osage Bio Energy’s proposed ethanol plant in Chase City is predicted to bring more than a hundred direct, indirect and induced jobs and millions of dollars into the local economy, according to the economic impact study completed by Duff & Phelps, an international provider of independent financial advisory and investment banking services.
The Duff […]
Just Like Cholesterol There Is The Bad Ethanol And The Good Ethanol
Thursday, June 5th, 2008IRINnews.org:
Biofuel is in the dock at the global food summit in Rome this week, with counties divided over whether it is the villain behind food insecurity, or the cheap energy of the future.
At issue is the impact of grain-based biofuels on food prices - now at their highest levels since the 1970s - and […]
Ethanol Tax Breaks Benefit Bill Sponsors
Monday, May 5th, 2008News-Leader.com:
Some of the legislators who sponsored the 1999 law authorizing tax credits for farmers who invest in agricultural cooperatives were among the first to receive the tax breaks once the program kicked in.
The lead sponsor of the legislation was Rep. Sam Leake, D-Center, who also was among the investors in Missouri’s first ethanol plant.
According to […]
County Will Strive To Keep Ethanol Jobs Local
Friday, April 11th, 2008Progress:
At their meeting yesterday, the Clearfield County Commissioners voted to send a letter to Gov. Ed Rendell stating that local workers should be given preferential treatment for jobs at the new ethanol plant.
Commissioner Mark McCracken said he has some concerns that although there are local union employees working at the site, local workers won’t be […]
Ethanol Benefiting Farmers
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Fergus Falls Daily Journal:
The ethanol plant owned by Otter Tail Ag Enterprises will use about 19.5 million bushels of corn a year, good news to farm growers in Otter Tail County. An economic impact of close to $110 million annually is expected, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
Located northwest of Fergus Falls, the ethanol plant […]
Garbage-To-Ethanol Plan Worth Pursuing
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Gary Post Tribune:
It has been 10 years since the demise of the proposed Hickory Hills landfill between Lowell and Hebron in Eagle Creek Township.
The landfill was to have been the answer to Lake County’s solid waste concerns for the next 30 years.
Because Hickory Hills never gained state approval, it has been an agonizing 10 years […]
Japanese Refiners To Double Bio-Ethanol Target To Cut Emissions
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Bloomberg:
Japanese refiners led by Nippon Oil Corp. will boost use of bio-ethanol to blend into gasoline in response to appeals by the government to accelerate efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
Nippon Oil and others will raise the use of bio-ethanol consumption to as much as 500,000 kiloliters in oil equivalent, Chairman Fumiaki Watari, who also […]
US Scientists Puncture The Ethanol Biofuel Bubble
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Register:
Good science news (or bad, depending on your point of view) has arrived with two reports on the carbon footprint of biofuels, in the paper edition of Science magazine. They deal serious damage to the belief - which up to now has been driving the biofuel bubble - that stepped-up ethanol production in the US […]
Converting Beetle-Killed Trees Into Ethanol
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Daily Green:
The mountain pine beetle has been ravaging Colorado’s forests, leaving 1.5 million acres of dead and dying lodgepole pines. Now, an $88 million project hopes to make some lemonade out of those lemons, reports the Rocky Mountain News.
Now, Canadian companies Lignol Innovations and Suncor Energy plan to build Colorado’s first cellulosic ethanol plant, which […]
General Motors Announces Partnership With Coskata To Make Ethanol From Garbage
Monday, January 14th, 2008Warrenville firm says it can make more efficient, less costly fuel; hopes to produce 100 million gallons a year by 2010.
Chicago Tribune:
Bags of garbage and bald tires that go to landfills today could wind up in your gas tank in a few years, along with wood chips, crop residue and plastic pop bottles.
That’s what Coskata […]
Happy 2008 Everybody!
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008*******
Happy Christmas!
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007Gone Fishing!
Thursday, December 20th, 2007*******
I’m on holidays now and for the first time I have no schedule on when I’ll start again. I’m going to continue responding to emails but definitely I need to let the obligation of writing here on a regular basis go for me to be able to really enjoy the holidays.
I’ll be back soon and […]
New Research Seeks To Develop Low-Cost Ethanol From Biomass, Organic Materials
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Carolina Newswire:
Researchers at RTI International, North Carolina State University and the University of Utah are seeking to scale up proven laboratory technology that they believe will produce low-cost ethanol fuel through the gasification of biomass and other organic waste products.
The project, funded by a $2 million cost-shared contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, seeks […]
Study Finds Certain Ethanol Blends Can Provide Better Fuel Economy Than Gasoline
Thursday, December 6th, 2007Earthtimes:
Research findings released today show that mid-range ethanol blends–fuel mixtures with more ethanol than E10 but less than E85–can in some cases provide better fuel economy than regular unleaded gasoline, even in standard, non-flex-fuel vehicles.
Previous assumptions held that ethanol’s lower energy content directly correlates with lower fuel economy for drivers. Those assumptions were found to […]