Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/08/2009

South Dakota lawmakers give final approval to change in ethanol fuel tax (Canadian Business)
A bill aimed at ending a controversy over how blends of ethanol fuel are taxed in South Dakota is on its way to the governor.The state..

Ethanol producers form new alliance - United Press International
SAN ANTONIO, March 2 (UPI) -- U.S. ethanol producers announced the formation of a new industry group and new leadership at another during their recent annual conference in Texas. The goals of the new Global Renewable Fuels Alliance include promoting ...

South Dakota lawmakers endorse ethanol tax change (INO News)
(AP:PIERRE, S.D.) A bill aimed at ending a controversy over how blends of ethanol fuel are taxed in South Dakota is on its way to the governor. The state House voted 66-2 to pass the bill, which would tax ethanol at 8 cents a gallon at the wholesale level. The bill passed the Senate earlier...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn | Economics Blog
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...

US ethanol producers urge Obama to up ethanol content of motor fuels - Guardian Unlimited
America's ethanol producers, who have been hit hard by the economic recession, today urged the Obama administration to raise the ethanol content in blended motor fuels to 15%. Wesley Clark, a former Nato commander and Democratic presidential ...

Brazil Petrobras Starts E3 Fuel Production, Sales In Japan - CNN Money
RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR), or Petrobras , said Tuesday that it has started the production and sale of gasoline blended with ethanol at service stations in Japan . The first delivery of so ...

Bigger Share of Ethanol Is Sought in Gasoline (New York Times)
Producers of the alternative fuel seek help as consumption declines leaves them with excess capacity...

Green Car Congress: Study Finds Integrated Biorefinery Processes .
(2009) Comparative analysis of efficiency, environmental impact, and process economics for mature biomass refining scenarios. Biofuels, Bioprod. Bioref. 3:247EUR270 doi: 10.1002/bbb.136. March 8, 2009 in Cellulosic ethanol, Fuels, ...

History of BioFuel « stillisstillmoving.com
Petroleum and Ethanol Fuels: Tax Incentives and Related GAO Work, Report B286311 to Sen. Tom Harkin, Sept. 25, 2000. MTBE is for Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, an octane booster like ethanol, but made from petroleum. ...

Ethanol Industry Requests EPA to Ease Blending Limit (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Growth Energy , an ethanol industry trade group, today asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a waiver that would allow higher blends of the fuel...

Genius Investor Dumps BlueFire Ethanol Fuels | BNET Energy Blog | BNET
Yesterday mornings Clean Technology Insight contains a tidbit on BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, a publicly-traded ethanol startup. Quercus Trust, one of its investors, is dumping shares in the company at a loss, according to CTI. ...

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 ...

South Dakota lawmakers endorse ethanol tax change (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A bill aimed at ending a controversy over how blends of ethanol fuel are taxed in South Dakota is on its way to the governor...

RPT-Ford downplays report it endorses midlevel ethanol - CNN Money
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. Thursday downplayed a report it had endorsed the use of higher blends of alternative motor fuel ethanol in gasoline. "Saying that we endorse that flat out would be premature," Ford's manager of corporate news ...

Study Critiques Corn-for-Ethanol's Carbon Footprint - Duke University
Study Critiques Corn-for-Ethanol's Carbon Footprint Using corn to produce motor fuel called 'inefficient and expensive greenhouse gas mitigation policy.' Monday, March 2, 2009 print | email | digg | del.icio.us To ...

EPA urged to raise ethanol blend rate (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
An ethanol trade group submitted a formal request to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to boost the allowed ethanol-to-gasoline blend rate as high as 15 percent from the current cap of 10 percent...

Ethanol Fuels Not Only Engines, But Also Urology Benefits
Renal & Urology News reports that Egyptian studies suggest that ethanol injection may be a treatment options for some men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). This new finding gives ethanol more versatility, and while there are a ...

Ethanol Industry Requests EPA to Ease Blending Limit (Update2) (Bloomberg)
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Growth Energy , an ethanol industry trade group, today asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a waiver that would allow higher blends of the fuel and lift demand for the struggling producers...

Groups oppose idea to raise ethanol limit - Des Moines Register
Washington, D.C. - The government is considering allowing drivers of newer cars to put more ethanol into their tanks, boosting the market for the corn-based fuel. But a range of groups - automakers, makers of outdoor equipment and some ...

Ethanol Fuels Big Three Bail Out Caravan - Domestic Fuel
Ethanol Fuels Big Three Bail Out Caravan. Posted by Cindy Zimmerman EUR December 4th, 2008. 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 ...

Ethanol Producers Press for Higher Limits (Washington Post)
The nation's ethanol producers are urging the Obama administration to raise the 10 percent limit on ethanol in motor fuel to 15 percent or more, a move they hope will create new demand at a time when many distilleries are idle...

V8 Supercar series is strong amid crisis - ninemsn
Triple V8 Supercar series champion Craig Lowndes believes the championship will prove strong amid the challenges of the global financial crisis. Formula One is among international sport hit by the economic slowdown, with organisers trying to limit ...

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Biodiesel, Ethanol Have Much To Lose From EPA Rule (CattleNetwork.com)
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A federal rule that farmers and renewable fuel refiners have been waiting for might actually deny them a government production mandate for corn-based ethanol and soy-based biodiesel...

More Ethanol in Your Gas Tank? Struggling Producers Petition EPA for Help (US News & World Report)
As some plants close, the industry asks EPA to approve gasoline blends with up to 15 percent ethanol...

Silobreaker: Boat owners fret over ethanol's effect on engines .
Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law. Plantagenet writes:A prominent Saudi scholar warned youths studying abroad of using ethanol or other fuel that contains alcohol in their cars since they could be . - [3 hours ago - Peak Oil] ...

Green Car Congress: Growth Energy and Ethanol Producers Request .
Economic Impacts of Increasing the Ethanol Blend Limit · Preliminary Comments on the DOE report prepared for OPEI. March 7, 2009 in Ethanol, Fuels, Policy | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) ...

US ethanol group sees 15 pct blend creating jobs - Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The reeling U.S. ethanol industry could create 136,000 jobs and inject $24 billion into the economy each year if the government hikes the allowable blend of ethanol with gasoline to 15 percent from 10 percent, trade ...

Weary catfish farmers becoming landlords of algae - San Francisco Examiner
Pond scum was once an aquatic nuisance that Hall Barret III once hated to see in his catfish ponds. It just mightiting for might actually deny them a government production mandate for corn-based ethanol and soy-based biodiesel...

Weary catfish farmers becoming landlords of algae - San Francisco Examiner
Pond scum was once an aquatic nuisance that Hall Barret III once hated to see in his catfish ponds. It just might become his next cash cow. After more than 30 years, Barret is giving up catfish and becoming a landlord of algae. And he's hoping his ...

Grocery prices don't fall despite drops at the pump - Columbia Missourian
Ganeys assumption seems to make sense. After all, consumers were told higher fuel prices make it more expensive to grow and move food. Customers had complained about the increase in food prices until grocers said it was because fuel and ...

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