Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/26/2009



Seattle Halts Use Of Biofuels (NPR)
Ethanol and biodiesel were once touted as a green alternative to foreign oil. Now policymakers are questioning how much good biofuels actually do. A new report shows use of biodiesel may increase deforestation...

Fords EURBobcatEUR uses two fuels for increased performance
Not bad, but Ford plans to continue to evolve the EcoBoost lineup, and a radical engine concept dubbed EURBobcatEUR makes use of both gas and ethanol fuels to deliver diesel-like performance. Wait, what? Alright, lets back track a bit here ...

Davis Station Starts Selling Alternative Fuels (News10 Sacramento)
B85 ethanol and B5 biodiesel fuels are growing in popularity in Davis, according to a local Chevron station operator...

Eastern seeks loans for $30-m ethanol plant (Manila Standard Today)
Eastern Renewables and Fuels Corp., a unit of Eastern Petroleum Corp., will seek loans from local banks to finance its $30-million ethanol plant in Isabela, a company official said yesterday...

End Human Trafficking - Change.org: Ethanol Fuels Debt Slavery in .
If you think ethanol is always a better fuel choice than gasoline, think again. A recent report from Catholic Land Pastoral links a rise in debt slavery in Brazil to a rise in the production of et...

Train derails: Tracks transport ethanol (Rockford Register Star)
The more popular ethanol has become, the more it rides the nations rails. An estimated 70 percent of ethanol produced in the U.S. is delivered by railroad, said Kristy Moore, technical director of the Renewable Fuels Association. INSIDE Photos by staff , readers EPA: Railroad should clean up ethanol (06/26/09) Catch up on 7 days of news (updated 06/26/09)..

Biofuel Showdown: Should Domestic Ethanol Producers Pay for Deforestation Abroad? (Scientific American)
After a fierce battle over agricultural incentives in a landmark climate bill, Congress plans to ask the National Academy of Sciences to study how biofuel production in the Midwest can shift food production abroad, stimulating a wave of deforestation. [More]..

"Ethanol fuels with low moisture content will corrode the internal .
"Ethanol fuels with low moisture content will corrode the internal surface of the fuel rails." Posted May 26th, 2009 by Prometheus 6. in. Economics The Great Ethanol Scam Not only is ethanol proving to be a dud as a fuel substitute ...

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels commends President Obama's Biofuels .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels commends President Obama's Biofuels Interagency Working Group...

The Ethanol Fuel Hoax Journal of Whole Food and Nutritional Health
When it comes to U.S. ethanol fuels, we must not forget that we are burning food and taking millions of farm acres out of food production. When livestock is fed ethanol wastes, human pathogen counts go way up in the meat. ...

University of Illinois Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research .
Despite headwinds, ethanol fuels hopes of economic stability in the Corn Belt. Medill Reports by Bridget Macdonald May 14, 2009. In June 2008, corn prices soared to $7.50 a bushel on high demand after spring flooding in the Midwest ...

Corn Commentary Blog Archives Harleys, Ethanol and Apple Pie
It reads simply: EURClean, green domestic ethanol fuels are as much a part of the American Spirit as the Black Hills Motorcycle Rally itself. Whether you choose E85 for your flex fuel vehicle at home or run your bike and your car on E10, ...

Bangkok Post : Wannarat insists fuel subsidy over (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)
The government won't extend its subsidy for excise tax on petrol, according to Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul, who said the taxes would be used to help promote alternative fuels...

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels commends President Obama's Biofuels .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels commends President Obama's Biofuels Interagency Working Group...

The Ethanol Fuel Hoax Journal of Whole Food and Nutritional Health
When it comes to U.S. ethanol fuels, we must not forget that we are burning food and taking millions of farm acres out of food production. When livestock is fed ethanol wastes, human pathogen counts go way up in the meat. ...

University of Illinois Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research .
Despite headwinds, ethanol fuels hopes of economic stability in the Corn Belt. Medill Reports by Bridget Macdonald May 14, 2009. In June 2008, corn prices soared to $7.50 a bushel on high demand after spring flooding in the Midwest ...

Corn Commentary Blog Archives Harleys, Ethanol and Apple Pie
It reads simply: EURClean, green domestic ethanol fuels are as much a part of the American Spirit as the Black Hills Motorcycle Rally itself. Whether you choose E85 for your flex fuel vehicle at home or run your bike and your car on E10, ...

Bangkok Post : Wannarat insists fuel subsidy over (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)
The government won't extend its subsidy for excise tax on petrol, according to Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul, who said the taxes would be used to help promote alternative fuels...

Sunoco buys ethanol plant (Tulsa World)
When Sunoco closed on the acquisition of a bankrupt ethanol plant for pennies on the dollar last week, it became just the latest oil refiner to step into the alternative fuels market...

The Oklahoman: 'Report of Fossil Fuels' Demise Exaggerated' (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Despite a national move away from fossil fuels in favor of alternative fuels such as ethanol, The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City said in an opinion piece that fossil fuels such as compressed natural gas shouldn't be counted out in the big picture...

Eric Ehrmann: How Sweet It Is. Brazil's Sugar Ethanol Fuels .
Ethanol trade has helped make China Brazil's top trade partner, replacing Uncle Sam, who had been top dog ever since Herbert Hoover was in the White House...

E85 Boondoggle Of The Day: All Ethanol, All The Time | The Truth .
There might, someday, be a viable way to make ethanol fuels in quantity. On the other, this makes it easier to just mandate the fuel itself, which, until it's net-energy positive, is bad. SunnyvaleCA : June 23rd, 2009 at 1:24 pm ...

EPC raising $30 M for ethanol project (Manila Bulletin via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Eastern Petroleum Corporation (EPC), through alternative fuels development subsidiary Eastern Renewables and Fuels Corporation, is seeking to raise $30 million from local banks to fund its ethanol plant in Isabela. In an interview with reporters, Eastern Petroleum president Fernando Martinez said the plant will have an annual capacity of 30 million liters or 100,000 liters per day and will use ...

Bioethanol: five questions and answers - Autoblog UK
The German automobile association, ADAC, warns that the new ethanol fuels E50 and E85 are likely to cause costly damage to ordinary petrol-driven cars, since these are not adapted to run on them. It is a different story when the engine ...

Ethanol lobby flexes muscle on climate bill (The Hill)
The deal House Democrats were forced to strike on the climate change bill demonstrates the power of the corn ethanol lobby...



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