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- Ethanol Economy Raises Food Prices... and Hackles
- Ethanol Economy Raises Food Prices... and HacklesFuel Alternatives for Business of the FutureThere are other fuel alternatives that are being researched and that do actually work. Algea fuel is being used and production is expanding.There is also another plant that can be grown as easily as corn,but enriches the soil...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-08
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- Ethanol Economy Raises Food Prices... and Hackles
- Ethanol producers, which have been taking a lot of the blame for rising food prices â€" and rightly so â€" may have gone too far, boosting demand for corn so much that they have priced themselves out of their own market. Agribusiness giants such as Cargill and...
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Ethanol Economy Raises Food Prices... and Hackles
- Ethanol producers, which have been taking a lot of the blame for rising food prices â€" and rightly so â€" may have gone too far, boosting demand for corn so much that they have priced themselves out of their own market. Agribusiness giants such as Cargill and...
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Ethanol Makers Still Trying to Catch a Break from Banks, Debt Holders
- The Burrill Report submits: by MARIE DAGHLIAN A combination of lower oil prices and challenging financial markets continues to spell disaster for U.S. ethanol companies, with another 10 providers of this first-generation biofuel going belly up in the first five months of 2009. Among the latest was Pacific Ethanol PEIX,...
- External links 2009-06-07
- Obama Not Hot on Ethanol So Far
- What will be the result of an ethanol lobbying group's request to the Environmental Protection Agency to raise the ethanol blending cap for gasoline? If the brief history of President Obama's administration is any guide, the answer may be "not well". The former senator from a corn state appears to...
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Verasun, Other Ethanol Producers May Face Overwhelming Odds
- The body blows just keep coming at the nation's ethanol producers, among them big names like Verasun, Pacific Ethanol and Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings. Like everyone else, ethanol makers have been hit by the recession's broad problems, including tight credit. But a side-effect of the falling economy,...
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- U.S. Sugar Looks Sweeter With Coskata Second-Gen Ethanol Plant
- Although a major part of the economy and energy mix in Brazil, sugar has struggled in the United States recently. But prominent sugar farmer U.S. Sugar hopes to help reverse its fortunes by calling in Coskata, a cellulosic ethanol startup whose investors include General Motors, to build a fuel plant...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Are Ethanol and Washington Headed for 'Divorce'?
- Are Ethanol and Washington Headed for 'Divorce'?Cellulosic ethanolBig oil will fight ethanol to the last drop.Ethanol can save our economy and the atmosphere while reducing landfills.Cellulosic ethanol is the answer and companies like Poet and Mascoma are already producing .The subsidies are paid to oil companies to blend the alcohol...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-27
- It's Getting Hot in Here: The High-Stakes Debate Over Fuel Economy and Climate Standards
- Sometimes you have to read between the lines of public hearing testimony, and that’s never truer than in the high-stakes negotiations over fuel-economy and climate standards. Automotive Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFE standards have been notoriously stagnant, barely changing for 20 years. But in May, automakers, the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Tale of Two Producers: Pacific Ethanol Prepares to Restart Plant, GNH Files For Bankruptcy
- The U.S. ethanol industry continues its economic roller coaster ride as one producer prepares to restart production and another files for bankruptcy. The two announcements provide insight into an industry trying to maneveur in an economy impacted by weak demand for fuel. Pacific Ethanol announced this week it was...
- Blog posts 2009-11-27
- Dispelling the Ethanol Myth
- A few weeks ago, Consumer Reports ran an article titled "The Ethanol Myth." In the article, the ethanol/gas blend E85 was slammed for being less efficient than regular gasoline. Consumer Reports tested a flexible-fuel Chevrolet Tahoe and found that the fuel economy dropped 27 percent when running on...
- Research articles 2006-10-11
- IOWA ETHANOL LCC BEGINS PRODUCTION AT 45 MILLION GAL/YR PLANT
- The farmer-owned Iowa Ethanol, LLC began production last week at its 45 million gal/yr ethanol plant in Hanlontown, making it the 73rd U.S. plant in production, the Renewable Fuels Association touted."Iowa Ethanol's timing couldn't be better," said RFA President Bob Dinneen. "New coastal markets and high crude oil prices have...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- Energy Roundup: Obama's Oil Dilemma, Iraq's 'Nam Flashback, Ethanol in Peril, and More
- Fed to allow 1.9 million acres worth of shale development on public land… maybe -- It's a perfect illustration of the kind of dilemma that the incoming administration will face with energy policy, caught between the rock of energy independence and the hard place of environmental concern. On Monday the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- 'E-Diesel' test confirms Fuel Economy Penalties, engineers to study fuel system wear - Around the World of Diesel - Illinois Department of Commerce - Brief Article
- Illinois Dept. of Commerce last month confirmed what ethanol giant ADM told us earlier: Blends of 10% or 15% ethanol in diesel carry hefty fuel economy penalties of 7-10% in heavy-duty highway trucks. As for possible wear issues, "engineers will examine key engine parts for wear, including the fuel pump,...
- Research articles 2002-01-07
- Ohio Governor Touts Ethanol Fuel Benefits, New Tax Breaks for Farmers.
- The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22--Ohio may be facing a $400 million deficit, but tax breaks encouraging farmers and investors to make a gasoline additive from corn will help fuel the economy, Gov. Bob Taft said during a visit to Maumee...
- Research articles 2002-03-22
- Consumer Reports Tests Show That E85 Ethanol Offers Cleaner Emissions -- But Poorer Fuel Economy; Photo Available
- YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Tests and an investigation by Consumer Reports conclude that E85 ethanol will cost consumers more money than gasoline and that there are concerns about whether the government's support of flexible fuel vehicles isYONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Tests and an investigation...
- Research articles 2006-08-31
- US automakers press Bush on ethanol
- WASHINGTON AFP — The chiefs of the Big Three US automakers pressed President George W. Bush Monday to create more government incentives for the development of ethanol and other biofuels. Notably absent from the discussion however was much talk on improving fuel economy standards and little time was devoted...
- Research articles 2007-03-26
- USDA to expand use of biodiesel, ethanol fuels.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 August 2001-US ARS: USDA to expand use of biodiesel, ethanol fuels C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07082001 WASHINGTON -- The U. S. Department of Agriculture announced today that USDA agencies will use biodiesel and ethanol fuels in their fleet...
- Research articles 2001-08-07
- Study says ethanol isn't worth the energy.(CONSERVATION NEWS YOU CAN USE)
- Researchers at Cornell University and the University of California-Berkley say it takes 29 percent more fossil energy to turn corn into ethanol than the amount of fuel the process produces. "Ethanol production in the United States does not benefit the nation's energy security, its agriculture, the...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Is ethanol a boon or drain on our economy?
- Renewable energy In 2005 and 2007, two pieces of energy-related legislation with potentially far-reaching consequences became law. A key feature of these bills was a federal mandate to substantially increase the production of ethanol over the next two decades. These bills were aimed at reducing U.S. dependence on...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
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