Rainforest trumps climate in palm oil decision
Concern for rainforest forces RWE to scrap palm oil project Carl Mortished, International Business Editor The Times January 01, 2007 Move is blow to biofuels promotion Sustainability of supplies...
View ArticlePolicy experts blast Bush fuel mandate at Hill briefing
At a Capitol Hill policy briefing today for congressional staff and media, sponsored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Dennis Avery of the Hudson Institute and Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute...
View ArticleStudy questions applicability of Brazil Model to the U.S.
Advocates of biofuel subsidies and mandates often cite Brazil’s experience with sugar cane-based ethanol as a success story and model for enhancing U.S. energy security and alleviating consumers’ pain...
View ArticleGreens Not Keen On Ethanol
Blogger Tom Philpott over at Gristmill (a self-described “blogful of leafy green commentary”) had this to say about federal ethanol policy and ethanol’s dependence on corn. Suffice it to say, those...
View ArticleStudy: Ethanol may cause more smog, deaths
This study, like others of the genre, depend on assumptions, for example estimates of how many people die annually from respiratory problems attributable to smog. There are so many confounding factors...
View ArticleDid anyone tell the white house?
Bush biofuel initiative may be unrealistic, producers say By John Gregerson on 5/21/2007 for Meatingplace.com Leading producers of ethanol and biodiesel said Friday their industries are facing serious...
View ArticleCorn, sugar cane, soy biofuels “perform poorly”-Science magazine
Biofuels from corn, sugar cane, and soy “perform poorly” in “many” environmental “contexts,” concludes a January 7, 2008 Science magazine review of a study commissioned by the Swiss government. For...
View ArticleBiofuels in the Middle East ?!?!?!
This is proof that biofuels have reached the level of mania. Like coals to New Castle, we’re now importing vegetable oil to the Middle East to make biodiesel United Arab Emirates to Host Region’s First...
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