Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 02/16/2009



Ethanol fuel mix has Pinellas boat owners sputtering - Tampabay.com

Ethanol fuel mix has Pinellas boat owners sputtering
Tampabay.com, FL - Feb 7, 2009
The ethanol that pushed its way into Florida's gas tanks last year has rotted out fuel lines and filled carburetors with gunk, he said. .
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Spotty times for ethanol (Aberdeen American News)
About 20 percent of the ethanol industry that helps keep vehicles zipping along the nation's highways has shifted to low gear, including some plants in South Dakota, a local ethanol leader said....

Ethanol stalled, but experts say it remains viable fuel option - MLive.com

The Money Times

Ethanol stalled, but experts say it remains viable fuel option
MLive.com, MI - Feb 12, 2009
It aims to leverage the higher octane and higher heat of vaporization elements of ethanol to increase fuel economy. It integrates direct injection .
EPA ruling on carbon footprint seen as next major hurdle for ethanol Brownfield
Ethanol Shifts Coming AgWeb
Grassley Willing to Concede to Oil and Ethanol Mix Hoosier Ag Today
Bemidji Pioneer - AScribe (press release)
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Biofuels may speed up global warming
CHICAGO: The use of crop-based biofuels could speed up rather than slow down global warming by fueling the destruction of rainforests, scientists warned on Saturday...

Renewable Fuels Association Blasts University of Minnesota Study . - Red, Green, and Blue

Renewable Fuels Association Blasts University of Minnesota Study .
Red, Green, and Blue, CA - Feb 14, 2009
. highway and turn completely down the paths of cellulosic ethanol and other forms of alternative fuels, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. .
Corn ethanol is here today to fuel US economy now - Corn farmers . Checkbiotech.org (press release)
Ethanol Attacks Being Answered by Corn and Ethanol Industry Farm Futures
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Matlack Offers Support for Biogas Incentives
WASHINGTON , Feb. 12, 2009 Larry Matlack, President of the American Agriculture Movement , joined with The Alliance for Rural America, , a coalition of grassroots organizations representing agricultural and ...

The hidden costs of better fuels - Science News

Khaleej Times

The hidden costs of better fuels
Science News - 20 hours ago
Michael Coe, a scientist at Woods Hole Research Center in Falmouth , Mass. , says that advancing corn-based ethanol use in the United States is viable and .
Biofuels may speed up, not slow global warming: study AFP
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U.S. corn for ethanol to rise, growth to slow: USDA  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
U.S. corn used to produce ethanol will increase in 2009/10, but beyond that, growth is forecast to slow with demand mirroring changes in gasoline consumption, the Agriculture Department said on Thursday. ..

The hidden costs of better fuels
Demand for the liquid fuels could lead to severe deforestation, researchers warn, which would release far more carbon into the atmosphere than that saved by switching to the greener fuels...

Ethanol, from savior to struggling
Barely a year after Congress enacted an energy law meant to foster a huge national enterprise capable of converting plants and agricultural wastes into automotive fuel, the goals lawmakers set for the ethanol ...

China's Bio-fuel Industry to Maintain Moderate Growth, Says Frost . - PR Newswire
SINGAPORE, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecological, energy, and economic concerns urge China to push the bio-fuel industry forward. The Chinese bio-fuel industry is divided into two sub-segments, the bio-ethanol sector and the bio-diesel sector. In terms ...

Saving the economy with a long term farming vision
LAST MONDAY, I wrote about measures that the government should implement to contain the effect of the global recession, including one to increase the income of the agricultural sector, which has to absorb ...

Law requires state to use alternative fuels (Paragould Daily Press)
The fleets operated by state agencies are steadily adding cars that burn alternative fuels, thanks to Act 699 of 2007 by state Sen. Robert Thompson. EURœThis is encouraging news for several different reasons,EUR Thompson said. EURœIncreased production of biofuels is good for our local economy...

Was George Washington a gay pot smoker?
Harvey Wasserman Was George Washington a gay pot smoker? February 15, 2009 Did George Washington raise hemp? Did he smoke it? Was he gay? The easy answers are definitely, probably, and maybe...

Once heralded ethanol industry struggling (UPI)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Only a year after the U.S. Congress accepted it with open arms as a savior for the energy crisis, the ethanol industry is struggling, officials say...

Griffith Energy fuels growth by taking care of its customers
The Rochester Top 100, which annually recognizes the fastest-growing privately held companies in the nine-county region, is sponsored by the Rochester Business Alliance and KPMG...

Feed costs, ethanol draw delegate action (Iowa Farmer)
DES MOINES --- Despite a rough 2008, Dave Moody believes there is room for cautious optimism in the pork industry...

Planetwize » Blog Archive » United States Considers Ethanol Blend .
EURœThe notion that [corn-based] ethanol fuels are carbon neutral has been proven false,EUR said Jonathan Lewis, an environmental lawyer with the Clean Air Task Force. The United States is slated to increase its use of biofuels from 9 ...

New biofuels study sees 90 billion gallons of ethanol possible by 2030 - Chicago Tribune
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) EUR” The U.S. could produce enough ethanol to displace nearly a third of all gasoline use by 2030, but gas would have to cost more than it does today for the plan to work, according to a study released Tuesday by Sandia National ...

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress
Alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles are seen by proponents as integral to improving urban air quality, decreasing dependence on foreign oil, and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases...

Interest sags in ethanol as fuel - Billings Gazette

Interest sags in ethanol as fuel
Billings Gazette,  USA - Feb 2, 2009
He said: "The future of Montana energy will be a future made in part with ethanol fuel." Ethanol's role in Montana's energy future appears smaller today .
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Activists denounce plan to allow palm oil firms in peatlands
Environmental activists have mounted a challenge against the government's plan to allow palm oil companies to set up plantations in the country's remaining peatlands...

Disadvantages of Ethanol Fuel.
Ethanol is alcohol that is used in beverages however before being turned into fuel a denaturant like gasoline is added to the mix. Tags: disadvantages of ethanol, ethanol fuels, ethanol technology...

U.S. corn for ethanol to rise, growth to slow: USDA - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. corn used to produce ethanol will increase in 2009/10, but beyond that, growth is forecast to slow with demand mirroring changes in gasoline consumption, the Agriculture Department said on Thursday. USDA projected 4.2 ...

Forget corn farmers; kill ethanol's subsidies - Midwest Voices
This nation's massive and inefficient investment in ethanol has pleased Midwestern corn growers -- and fleeced U.S. taxpayers. It's time for Congress to end this madness. Now, some members of Congress -- which ignorantly passed a pro-ethanol bill ...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn
Readers Question: The federal gov. requires that all US cars use some form of ethanol fuels from cornEUR¦EUR¦EUR¦so what effect will that have on Beef? Price increase first, or Price decreased first, or demand increase first, or Supply increase ...

United States Considers Ethanol Blend Increase - Worldwatch Institute

Worldwatch Institute

United States Considers Ethanol Blend Increase
Worldwatch Institute, DC - Feb 13, 2009
"The notion that [corn-based] ethanol fuels are carbon neutral has been proven false," said Jonathan Lewis, an environmental lawyer with the Clean Air Task .
On my way to the Green Energy Bank to Make a DepositEUR¦ KCTribune.com
Blame government, not oil companies Orangeburg Times Democrat
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California Weather Exposes Fiction of Global Warming
The Golden State could become a desert wasteland, with no more winter salad greens from its parched Central Valley or wines from its withered Napa-Sonoma vineyards, before this century ends unless America takes ...

Domestic Fuel » Archives » Ethanol Fuels Big Three Bail Out Caravan
Ethanol Fuels Big Three Bail Out Caravan. Posted by Cindy Zimmerman. The Big Three auto makers traveled to Washington this week to ask for a bailout in fuel efficient, high mileage cars, including flex fuel vehicles that run on up to 85 ...

Ethanol, from savior to struggling (Lancaster Online)
Barely a year after Congress enacted an energy law meant to foster a huge national enterprise capable of converting plants and agricultural wastes into automotive fuel, the goals lawmakers set for the ethanol industry are in serious jeopardy.As recently as last summer, plants that make ethanol from ...

Study: Cellulosic ethanol needs a lot of help to be competitive
Producing ethanol from grasses and other cellulosic feedstocks in significant quantities will require government measures to keep oil prices relatively high and reassure investors...

Biofuels Boom Could Fuel Rainforest Destruction, Researcher Warns
"If we run our cars on biofuels produced in the tropics, chances will be good that we are effectively burning rainforests in our gas tanks," she warned...

Study: Ethanol Could Replace 1/3 of U.S. Gas by 2030
Although ethanol wasn't much of an issue during the campaign , it continues to make for burning controversy in eco circles...

New study praises corn as source for ethanol - Minneapolis Star Tribune
A University of Minnesota study released last week played nicely into the hands of the anti-ethanol crowd and upset the state's powerful corn lobby, which extols the corn-based gasoline supplement as a cleaner-burning domestic fuel that is blended ...

Types of Ethanol Fuels.
Usually the substance is gasoline, which no one in their right mind would consider drinking. Many people are unaware that there are three different types of ethanol fuels that can be used in vehicles. Tags: ethanol fuels, ethanol fuels, ...

Farm: In brief
The 40th annual "Monett Beef Cattlemen's Conference" will begin at 3:30 p.m. on March 3 at the National Guard Armory in Monett...

The Institute for Liberal Studies: ethanol fuels beginning of the .
From Small Dead Animals - here is something that never occurred to me, though it seems obvious now that I've thought about it - as research makes ethanol fuels more plausible, they are going up in demand, and the grains that are used to ...

Run from tax-cut zombies from Planet No
It is the stuff of nightmares. You hear the shabby shuffle of their somnambulant stutter and your skin begins to crawl...

Oil Crosses Over Into The Ethanol Business - WCCO
The nation's renewable fuel standard ensures demand for ethanol by calling for 11.1 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into gasoline this year. (File) If federal renewable fuel mandates require ethanol to be mixed into gasoline, the ...

Griffith Energy fuels growth by taking care of its customers (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Chief executive John Hamilton talks about Griffith Energy...

Biofuels may speed up, not slow global warming: study
February 15th, 2009 by Mira Oberman in Space & Earth science / Environment Enlarge This image received in 2005 shows a new biodiesel fuel pump at The Grange in Issaquah, Washington...

Ethanol Fuels Not Only Engines, But Also Urology Benefits .
Biodiesel stocks, ethanol stocks, biodiesel and ethanol plants, trends, and industry news...

The hidden costs of better fuels (Science News)
Clearing tropical forests to grow biofuel crops doesn't add up..

Brewery converts beer waste into ethanol fuel - TG Daily

CrunchGear

Brewery converts beer waste into ethanol fuel
TG Daily - Feb 4, 2009
That's the idea, anyhow, behind a partnership between an ethanol gas company and a California brewery. E-Fuel, a maker of home ethanol systems, .
Beer fuels you, left over beer fuels your car CrunchGear
Left over beer fuels cars Slippery Brick
Beer to Fuels Cars of the Future DigitalJournal.com
U.S. News & World Report - DVICE
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Ethanol plant files for bankruptcy (The Daily News)
Facing millions in debt and still unable to manufacture the finished product, the Clatskanie-areas new ethanol plant has filed for bankruptcy protection and has laid off 15 of its 59 workers...

NCC Opposes Ethanol Boost in Gasoline
Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., announced last month a recall of more than 200000 luxury Lexus vehicles because 'some ethanol fuels with a low moisture content may corrode the internal surface of the fuel delivery pipes,' the company said ...

BlueFire Issues Annual Letter to the Shareholders
IRVINE, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 23, 2008 -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB - News) CEO and President Arnold R. Klann issues the following letter to the company's shareholders: Dear Fellow Shareholders: ...

Ethanol capacity outstrips demand - Arkansas Online
LITTLE ROCK EUR” Barely a year after Congress enacted an energy law meant to foster a huge national enterprise capable of converting plants and agricultural wastes into automotive fuel, the goals lawmakers set for the ethanol industry are in serious ...

Experts Foresee No Dominant Source For Biofuels
A conference on second generation biofuels organized by German commodity analysts F.O. Licht heard on Friday that new-generation biofuels will come from a wide range of sources and no single feedstock may ...

Federal money boosts security at Port of Providence
"Attention. This is an emergency evacuation order. Remain calm. Follow the instructions of the emergency officials...

EUR¢ On Our Way to Atlanta in Clean Fuel Suburban - Pure Energy Systems News

EUR¢ On Our Way to Atlanta in Clean Fuel Suburban
Pure Energy Systems News, UT - 15 hours ago
We build multi-fuel, hydrogen (H2), methane (CNG), propane (LPG), electric (EV, HEV & PHEV), biodiesel (B100), SVO and ethanol (E85) automobiles, .
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The EUR˜holy grail of biofuels now in sight - Christian Science Monitor

The EUR˜holy grail of biofuels now in sight
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Feb 14, 2009
The land-use question over corn-based ethanol has fired debate since last summer, when one study found diversion of US corn production for fuel had cut US .
When Exactly Was Ethanol a Savior? [Greg Pollowitz] National Review Online Blogs
Biofuelgate - The Food Fuels Fiasco OpEdNews
Study: Renewable fuels standard is achievable Checkbiotech.org (press release)
High Plains Journal - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
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Ethanol could displace gas use by 2030? - AZCentral.com
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The U.S. could produce enough ethanol to displace nearly a third of all gasoline use by 2030, but gas would have to cost more than it does today for the plan to work, according to a study released Tuesday by Sandia National ...

"Top 50" in biofuels according to Biofuels Digest
'The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy' according to Biofuels Digest on 22 Dec 08: 1. Coskata 2. Sapphire Energy 3. Virent Energy Systems 4. POET 5. Range Fuels 6. Solazyme 7. Amyris Biotechnologies 8. Mascoma ...

Biofuel battle: scientists, activists, industrialists argue about . - San Francisco Examiner
Gone are the simple days when environmentalists could simply unite against big oil. With the oil industry out of the Oval Office, faults have widened between proponents of competing alternatives, and especially this week, between those who favor or ...

Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling (New York Times)
Falling oil prices and the financial crisis have created a perfect storm against ethanol production...

Spotty Times for Ethanol: Not All Plants at Full Capacity - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

Spotty Times for Ethanol: Not All Plants at Full Capacity
istockAnalyst.com (press release), OR - 16 hours ago
Imports typically comprise 6 percent to 15 percent of ethanol consumed in the US, he said. Like POET in Groton, Heartland Grain Fuels in Aberdeen and Huron .
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Ames man prepares Mustang for national race, making it a winner
History repeated itself in a big way at the 2009 National Hot Rod Association Winternationals in Pomona, Calif...

RIL plans bio-fuel unit in Kutch - Hindustan Times
Reliance Industries or RIL has now set its eyes on the dry land of Kutch. It is aiming to set up a bio-fuel plant for blending petrol with 5 per cent permissible ethanol. However, it is not confirmed as to how Reliance plans to produce ethanol in the ...

Genius Investor Dumps BlueFire Ethanol Fuels | BNET Energy Blog | BNET
BNET Energy provides daily news coverage for managers and executives in the energy industry, with coverage on major utilities, oil companies, and clean tech and renewable energy businesses...



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