Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/29/2009



TOPIC | Alternative Fuel Vehicles - Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma bill focuses on compressed natural gas 2 hr ago | Add a comment OKLAHOMA CITY EUR Republican leaders of the Oklahoma House are pushing an ambitious program to use taxpayer dollars to encourage motorists to fuel their cars and trucks with ...

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Saudi Minister Urges Caution on the Driv.
Fears about energy security, and last year's oil price spike, have sparked a serious push for renewable energy in the United States, the world's largest oil consumer...

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Home >> Could biofuels be worse for the environment than fossil fuels? March 20, 2009 Greasy Rider Are biofuels potentially more damaging to the environment than traditional fossil fuels? I'm wondering because of the expansion of farmed land, increase in pesticides, and increase in erosion that might result from demand for biofuel...

Unintended successes of big government
Some folks worry that our government is getting too big. I worry that it won't get big enough...

Third Group Adds Voice To Chorus Backing Ethanol - KELOLAND TV
Supporters of a new ethanol advocacy group, Growth Energy, say it was created to help educate people on how ethanol and agriculture can provide both fuel and feed. Growth Energy joins two other ethanol advocacy groups: the American Coalition for ...

Silobreaker: Organic Fuels of the Today and Future
SA farmers want ethanol mandate. The South Australian Farmers Federation Grains Industry Committee is calling on the state and federal governments to mandate the use of grain-based ethanol fuels. . - [18 hours ago - ABC Online] ...

Cellulosic ethanol suffers in down economy (The Des Moines Register)
Washington, D.C. - The economic downturn that has slowed the ethanol industry also is putting the brakes on the next generation of biofuels...

Ethanol more trouble that's its worth as gas additive, alternative
"Everyone Hates Ethanol," headlines a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal...

New Energy Economics: Markets For Traditional Corn Ethanol Narrowing (CattleNetwork.com)
Last December, one of my newsletters discussed the California Air Resources Board's adoption of a new "Scoping Plan" that was passed Dec. 11, 2008. This legislation is the state's energy blueprint for the future and has been in development since 2006. On March 5, 2009, California defined which renewable fuels qualify for the plan and the prospects for traditional corn grain ethanol are not bright...

Honda introduces hybrid motorcycle in Brazil | Biodiesel and .
Written on March 26, 2009. Motorcycle-USA.com reports that Honda released the CG150 TITAN MIX ES flex-fuel motorcycle in Brazil. The motorcycle uses bio-ethanol fuels. Honda expects to sell 200000 of these motorcycles annually. ...

Energy secretary serving under microscope
A s a physicist, Steven Chu has seen atoms suspended in a powerful laser beam and DNA stretched out in a vacuum chamber...

This Week in Agriculture
March 27, 2009 The week that was. USDA and IRS. Farm-state lawmakers and farmers alike are up in arms over USDA's announcement that they'll require farmers to sign a form granting FSA access to IRS income data...

Farmer's Share Breakfast feeds bodies, minds - Marion Star
MARION - Sitting in the Tri-Rivers Career Center cafeteria, the Grandview Estates couple scraped up the last few crumbs of their breakfast of pancakes, eggs and sausage as they pondered the lot of the farmer. Regular visitors to the Marion County ...

California Unenthusiastic About Ethanol (Ag Report)
FARGO - Mar 26/09 - NDSU -- The California Air Resources Board's adoption of a new 'Scoping Plan' that was passed Dec. 11, 2008 is that state's energy blueprint for the future and has been in development since 2006. On March 5, 2009, California defined which renewable fuels qualify for the plan and the prospects for traditional corn grain ethanol are not bright...

Ethanol investors try to derail California's carbon-emissions proposal (Los Angeles Times)
A group of ethanol investors met with Gov. Schwarzenegger in an effort to derail the proposal, which they say would cripple the nation's biofuels industry. Ethanol investors met with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week in an effort to derail Californias far-reaching proposal to slash carbon emissions from transportation fuels...

Silobreaker: Millions of gallons of ethanol make their way into Belton
The world's most up-to-date Product, Boat, Marina, Corporate, Legislative & Regulatory News Friday, 27 March 2009BIA Victoria has warned Victorian boat owners not to use ethanol fuels in their boats to avoid potentially costly ...

Gulf Ethanol Evolves to Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation - Businesswire.com
HOUSTON--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation (PinkSheets:GAEC) announced today that it has completed the process of changing its name from Gulf Ethanol Corp. The change is indicative of the Companys move to advance its biomass ...

Chinas Renewable Energy by Gordon Feller - EcoWorld
Those same people could also be filling their gas tanks with ethanol fuels. EURChina needs to import a lot of oil so the government is looking at alternative fuels,EUR said Christine Pu, energy and chemicals analyst at Deutsche Securities ...

Today's Alternative Fuel Car Benefits
The whole world now is seriously taking the problems of airborne toxins from pollution...

OCGA applauds UL decision to allow higher ethanol blends in pumps - Norwalk Reflector
Drivers may soon be able to get 15 percent ethanol blends at the gas pump, which is beneficial in several ways. "For the country, it helps us be less dependent on foreign oil. For the consumer, it sometimes actually makes the fuel cheaper," said Bob ...

Biomass: Can Renewable Power Grow on Trees?
The oldest and most prevalent source of renewable energy known to man, biomass is already a mainstay of energy production in the United States and elsewhere...

Ethanol investors assail California greenhouse gas plan (Houston Chronicle)
Ethanol investors met last week with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in an effort to derail California's far-reaching proposal to slash carbon emissions from transportation fuels...

US weekly ethanol margins drop as corn price rises - Reuters
NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - Average weekly U.S. ethanol distiller profits slipped further into negative territory on stronger prices for corn, the main input cost for the country's top alternative motor fuel. May corn CK9 on the Chicago Board of ...

Farm Bureau Demands Fairness for Biofuels in California Carbon Scoring
When rating fuels on the basis of their carbon content, biofuels should not be singled out and artificially degraded for so-called "indirect effects," according to the American Farm Bureau Federation...

E20 Fuel Blends Safe for Mainstream Use, New Study Finds | CleanBeta
Other studies have identified a number of problems associated with intermediate blends of ethanol fuels, especially corrosion. E20 Fuel Blends Safe for Mainstream Use, New Study Finds The news arrives amidst a tough year for the ethanol ...

Plant Project Rolls Despite Fund Tr...
The Ohio River Clean Fuels project at Wellsville will have to work harder for financing without Department of Energy loan guarantees, but the coal-to-liquid fuels plant parent, Baard Energy LLC, says the project will move forward...

Uncertain future - Evansville Courier-Press
Work on an ethanol plant in Mount Vernon, Ind., has all but stopped. Aventine Renewable Energy has been building the plant at the site of the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon since late 2007. Jody Peacock, Ports director of corporate affairs, confirmed ...

State budget cuts threaten inspections that impact your money
You expect to get what you pay for - that the food, gasoline and other products you buy are what they claim to be and that you're paying the right amount...

Papermakers Dig Deep in Highway Bill To Hit Gold (Washington Post)
Big paper companies could each get hundreds of millions of dollars in cash payments from the Treasury this year by taking advantage of an alternative fuels tax credit in the 2005 highway bill, according to company filings and Wall Street analysts...

New possibilities for hydrogen-producing algae
Photosynthesis produrget="new">E20 Fuel Blends Safe for Mainstream Use, New Study Finds | CleanBeta
Other studies have identified a number of problems associated with intermediate blends of ethanol fuels, especially corrosion. E20 Fuel Blends Safe for Mainstream Use, New Study Finds The news arrives amidst a tough year for the ethanol ...

Plant Project Rolls Despite Fund Tr...
The Ohio River Clean Fuels project at Wellsville will have to work harder for financing without Department of Energy loan guarantees, but the coal-to-liquid fuels plant parent, Baard Energy LLC, says the project will move forward...

Uncertain future - Evansville Courier-Press
Work on an ethanol plant in Mount Vernon, Ind., has all but stopped. Aventine Renewable Energy has been building the plant at the site of the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon since late 2007. Jody Peacock, Ports director of corporate affairs, confirmed ...

State budget cuts threaten inspections that impact your money
You expect to get what you pay for - that the food, gasoline and other products you buy are what they claim to be and that you're paying the right amount...

Papermakers Dig Deep in Highway Bill To Hit Gold (Washington Post)
Big paper companies could each get hundreds of millions of dollars in cash payments from the Treasury this year by taking advantage of an alternative fuels tax credit in the 2005 highway bill, according to company filings and Wall Street analysts...

New possibilities for hydrogen-producing algae
Photosynthesis produces the food that we eat and the oxygen that we breathe could it also help satisfy our future energy needs by producing clean-burning hydrogen? Researchers studying a hydrogen-producing, single-celled green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, have unmasked a previously unknown fermentation pathway that may open up possibilities for ...

An energy 'explosion' (Williston Herald)
After hearing the status of a proposed oil refinery, ethanol plant, biodiesel plant and coal-to-liquids conversion plant, Sidney Mayor Brett Smelser asked a question of about 100 people Thursday evening...

This Spring Student Teams From Across North and South America Will Travel Thousands..
Below is an auto news article from March 27, 2009 from Automotive.com and PRNewswire...

newnet news - BlueFire Ethanol Fuels teams up with Applied Power .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels teams up with Applied Power Concepts to develop biofuel technology...

California Focus: Blogs, Stonewall Democrats, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Stonewall Democrats, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events BLOGGING CALIFORNIA: Here are some blogs covering California Politics Calitics is an open source news organization for California...

Uncertain future (Evansville Courier & Press)
Work on an ethanol plant in Mount Vernon, Ind., has all but stopped...

Public Forum
Cheap gasoline only temporary It seems everyone has breathed a sigh of relief with the lower prices of fuel...

Bill addresses ethanol usage - Morning Sentinel
A Kennebec County senator is proposing that oil companies provide an ethanol-free fuel across Maine, less than a year after the additive appeared in the state. Sen. Lisa MarrachŽ, a Waterville Democrat, announced Tuesday she submitted the bill ...

This spring student teams from across North And South America will.
After months of coordinating designs and constructing vehicles, 52 student teams - including two Canadian teams - are in the final stretch as they work to complete their vehicles for the 2009 challenge taking place April 16-18 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif...

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva: Green aims in the Amazon
No country has a larger stake in reversing the impact of global warming than Brazil ...

Ethanol's African Land Grab | Mother Jones
Mozambique has survived colonialism and civil war. But can it survive the ethanol industry?..

Ethanol investors assail California greenhouse gas plan
Ethanol investors met last week with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in an effort to derail California's far-reaching proposal to slash carbon emissions from transportation fuels...

Petrol companies falling short of ethanol mandate: Oppn - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The New South Wales Opposition has released documents obtained under Freedom of Information that show none of the major petrol companies have reached the State Government's ethanol mandate. Since 2007 the Government has required a minimum of 2 per ...

World must put its faith in technology
THE technology guru Vinod Khosla is a billionaire but the walls of his office are grubby...

By the time youve read this, someone has died of hunger | The .
Things like irresponsible investment in corn ethanol fuels, which diverted cropland from food production to ethanol production raised prices for food corn. Also, higher corn prices mean that the livestock that eats corn (cows, ...

More market manipulation by big oil --Anne Wilder Chamberlain
On Coast to Coast AM March 2, 2009, alternative energy advocate David Blume shared updates on alcohol fuel and related topics...

Gasoline Vs. Ethanol - The Bulletin
Probably the only thing to be thankful for in this current recession is the drop in gas prices. So when I saw a new study by the Energy Policy Reach Foundation (eprinc.org) discussing federal ethanol mandates to help the ethanol industry recover from ...

Ethanol more trouble thats its worth as gas additive, alternative (The Post and Courier)
EUREveryone Hates Ethanol,EUR headlines a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal. Mr. John Bledsoe Bonds of Mount Pleasant agrees. In my nearly 23 years writing this column, a letter from Mr. Bonds is one of the finest ever received...

Waiting for Next-Gen Ethanol in 2009? Forget It (Salon.com)
In the summer of 2008, 2009 looked like it could be a breakout year for the next generation of ethanol. There were dozens of companies racing to be the first to churn out cellulosic ethanol made from non-food crops and plant waste from pilot and even commercial-scale plants...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn | Economics Blog
Readers Question: The federal gov. requires that all US cars use some form of ethanol fuels from cornEUREUREURso what effect will that have on Beef? Price...



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