Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 09/21/2009

RFA Urges EPA to Level Playing Field
A new video launched by the Renewable Fuels Association makes the point that other fuels have indirect effects, not only biofuels...

Country Narratives -- Countries A Through C - U.S. Department of State
Afghanistan is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Afghan boys and girls are trafficked within the country for commercial sexual ...

Going green at the pump: Biodiesel joins ethanol (Bakercityherald.com)
Its been two years since the Oregon Legislature passed renewable fuel standards requiring gasoline to contain 10 percent ethanol and diesel to contain 2 percent biodiesel...

Big Oil greening up--is this a good thing? (ZDNet)
"Newsweek" would like you to believe it's a happy sign of the times to see global oil companies putting serious money into alternative fuels. They site investments by major oil companies in ehtanol. The "Newsweek" piece refers to more nations putting taxes or caps on carbon emissions, and points to Russia and Venezuela making it tough on private oil companies. Big Oil sees a great future for ...

US tax breaks subsidize foreign oil production - EurekAlert
(Washington) The largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production, according to research to be released on Friday by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson ...

Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premier's .
Sourced From Marketwire.com | OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 4, 2009) - Canadian-made cellulosic ethanol will fuel the official vehicle fleet at the...

Algae-fueled Car Completes 3,750 Mile Cross Country Tour - PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Indicating the true start of the Green Age , Sapphire Energy, the leader in algae-based renewable fuel, joined with the team behind the award winning film FUEL, to complete the first cross-country car tour fueled by ...

Ethanol misses mark as silver bullet
Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a product that could be grown and harvested, distilled and refined, to produce fuel that would power our vehicles without despoiling the environment? Many believe ethanol is that single silver bullet but, sadly, they are wrong...

hesitation on heavy acceleration on 400
Hello, my 1977 pontiac 400 has a Q jet which was just adjusted and the engine runs pretty good except when you floor it it hesitates alittle then takes off and runs good...

How much in subsidies do fossil fuels get anyway? (Scientific American)
At least some members of the Obama Administration plan to call for an end to fossil fuel subsidies as part of next week's G20 economic leaders summit, citing positive impacts ranging from improved energy security to combating climate change. But how much does the U.S. government pay? Well, according to a new analysis from the Environmental Law Institute released today, roughly $72 billion ...

US tax breaks subsidize foreign oil production
The largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production, according to research to be released on Friday by the Environmental Law Institute in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars...

Big Oil greening up--is this a good thing?
"Newsweek" would like you to believe it is a happy signof the times to see global oil companies putting serious money into alternative fuels...

Ethanol safe for vehicles, says WWF (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Thursday urged the public to patronize local ethanol products, stressing that these would help to usher the automobile industry and the economy into a cleaner and greener era...

Congressman Graves of Missouri is focus of House ethics inquiry - Kansas City Star
But the committee EUR” officially known as the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct EUR” said in a statement Wednesday that it had no EURœsubstantial reason to believe that there was a substantive violationEUR by Graves of House rules. The issue ...

what to konw about ethanol industry ? and the result of this .
according to the international energy agency, cellulosic ethanol could allow ethanol fuels to play a much bigger role in the future than previously thought.[8] cellulosic ethanol can be made from plant matter composed primarily of ...

Price of sugar hits high note
Many producer countries face either too little or too much rain. Sugar prices on New York's ICE are nearly double their levels of a year ago - and the latest prices are the highest in 28 years...

Do 10% Ethanol Fuels Equal More Power Compared To High Octane .
Theyve recently introduced 10% Ethanol premium unleaded fuels here in the Philippines (known as Petron E10) and was wondering if 10% Ethanol fuels can improve engine performance when compared to 96 RON premium-grade petrol. ...

Algae-fueled Car Completes 3,750 Mile Cross Country Tour
Indicating the true start of the Green Age , Sapphire Energy, the leader in algae-based renewable fuel, joined with the team behind the award winning film FUEL, to complete the first cross-country car tour fueled by a blend of algae-based gasoline in an unmodified engine...

Ethanol plants using hops to eliminate bacteria - Grand Forks Herald
LUCAN, Minn. EUR” Ethanol companies are looking back to the monasteries of ancient Europe for one possible solution to a troublesome production issue. They have to control bacteria to make good ethanol. The most common weapon, antibiotics, works well ...

Ethanol in the Classroom: Industry Wants Kids' Ears
Photo: hoyasmeg via Flickr. The Renewable Fuels Association, a trade group for the U.S. ethanol industry, is taking its message to high school classrooms...

Evolution Fuels Files Supplemental Information Disclosure Related to Retirement of Certain Debt in the Amount of $2 . (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. today announced that it has filed a "Supplemental Information" filing which can be found on the Pink Sheets OTC Markets website under "Filings" for Evolution Fuels...

One Potential Benefit of Climate Legislation: More U.S. Oil - BusinessWeek
Theres a long-running, fierce debate over the cost of reducing the emissions of gases that cause climate change. Opponents say that the climate bill passed by the House of Representatives, which caps such emissions, amounts to a massive tax on the ...

Ethanol Bill Introduced in Senate (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
A group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Monday, according to Trade Only Today in Essex, Conn., to protect boaters and manufacturers from mechanical problems associated with mid-level ethanol blends in gasoline...

Oilsands crucial to U.S. plans
The U.S. Department of Energy is predicting crude oil from Alberta's oilsands -- not alternative energy sources such as biomass ethanol -- will help halve America's dependence on overseas oil within two decades...

New President for Missouri Renewable Fuels Group
Members of the Missouri Renewable Fuels Association , an organization comprised of the state's six farmer-owned ethanol plants and the Missouri Corn Growers Association , have selected Ryland Utlaut of Alma, Mo., as the organization's 2009-10 president...

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...

Bob Dinneen: News Flash - All Fuels Have Indirect Effects (The Huffington Post)
No credible research can conclude that ethanol production in the U.S. is the driving force behind deforestation and other land use changes in other sovereign nations...

Big Oil Goes Green for Real - Newsweek
Remember back in 2001 when BP went "Beyond Petroleum"? It was a brilliant marketing campaign, but it had less to do with changing the company's business model than positioning Lord John Browne as the Teflon oil executive. Allr>A group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Monday, according to Trade Only Today in Essex, Conn., to protect boaters and manufacturers from mechanical problems associated with mid-level ethanol blends in gasoline...

TitusOneNine - Tom FriedmanEUR”Going solar: China gets it
(Same for ethanol fuels.) Of course, Applied Materials is doing the smart thing by taking advantage of other countries which are willing to supply the subsidies. More power to them, so to speak. September 19, 4:06 pm | [comment link] ...

Ethanol safe for cars, says group (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Ethanol is still safe for cars, according to an environmental group...

Governor says the state has great potential in renewable energy (Grand Island Independent)
Nebraska is already the second leading state for ethanol production and is poised for more growth in the renewable energy arena...

Most viewed on msnbc.com - MSNBC
BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil would prohibit sugarcane-ethanol plantations in the Amazon and other ecologically sensitive areas of Latin America's largest nation under a plan unveiled Thursday by the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...

How Many American Made Cars Are Able To Run On Ethanol Fuels?
All cars are able to run on ethanol fuel after changing out the valve seals, but without that being done they can still handle up to 20% ethanol mix without harming the engine...

US stands idle in energy race
Germany and China are taking our cookies. In racing slang, "to take one's cookies" is to beat someone in a race...

Lewis: A digital revolution - for engines
Eddie Sturman wants to kill the electric car. Electric cars were all the buzz this week at the latest auto show in Frankfurt, Germany, but Sturman says they waste too much energy...

Huge corn crop helps ethanol industry argue its case
Last year, with corn prices at record levels and Americans' grocery bills climbing, the ethanol industry struggled to explain how using corn for fuel was a good long-term answer for reducing U.S. dependence on oil...

Ethanol boosts Nebraska economy (September 14, 2009)
The Board supports organizations and policies that advocate the increased use of ethanol fuels EUR and administers public information, education and ethanol research projects. The Board also assists companies and organizations in the ...

NREL Team Tests Higher Ethanol Fuel Mix (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Going on a diet can be good for you. And maybe a gasoline "diet" of traditional fuel blended with increased levels of ethanol will be good for the environment and economy without hurting cars and small engines. Researchers are trying to find out because new ethanol blends could play a starring role in reducing petroleum use...

Future Technology - BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. | Jump Into Tomorrow
It's a company that takes garbage you'd find in a landfill, and through its patented process, converts it into usable ethanol. And now, their technology may have larger applications...

Ethanol Now Fuels over Half of Brazilian Vechiles | Localcooling
If all vehicles currently equipped to operate on ethanol were to make a total switch to ethanol fuels, there are questions as to how long our food supplies would last. If large amounts of food crops were diverted to fuel production, ...

Federal Government Offers Major Incentives for Foreign Oil - The Washington Independent.com
Despite stated claims from politicians of every stripe about the desire to free the United States from the grip of foreign energy sources, the federal government has offered $15.3 billion in subsidies for imported oil since 2002, according to a new ...

Report: Fossil fuels' subsidies far outpace renewables'
The U.S. government delivered more than twice as many federal dollars to research initiatives, tax incentives and other programs benefiting fossil fuels than it supplied to renewable energy from 2002 to 2008, according to a report released Friday by two public policy groups...

How much in subsidies do fossil fuels get anyway?
At least some members of the Obama Administration plan to call for an end to fossil fuel subsidies as part of next week's G20 economic leaders summit, citing positive impacts ranging from improved energy security to combating climate change...

BP Expects Biofuels to Grow Significantly
BP expects biofuels to displace 25 percent of fuel in the U.S. in the next two decades, the head of BP's alternative energy unit said...

NREL Team Tests Higher Ethanol Fuel Mix
Going on a diet can be good for you. And maybe a gasoline "diet" of traditional fuel blended with increased levels of ethanol will be good for the environment and economy without hurting cars and small engines...

US farmers on verge of giant corn harvest after good weather, but . - Minneapolis Star Tribune
DES MOINES, Iowa - Darrel McAlexander has been farming for 43 years and he's never seen his corn crop look so good. "This is probably the best corn crop I've raised," McAlexander said from his farm in the southwestern Iowa town of Sidney. It's the ...

STUDY: U.S. subsidises fossil fuels 2.5 times more than renewables
Turns out, this isn't remotely true. According to a new study that reviewed fossil fuel and energy subsidies for Fiscal Years 2002-2008 was just released by the Environmental Law Institute and discovered that the U.S. spends about two-and-a-half times as much on fossil fuels than it does on renewable energy...

senate ethanol bill introduced to protect boaters
the study would also include a comprehensive analysis of available independent scientific evidence on the compatibility of midEURlevel ethanol fuels with the emission requirements of the caa and the operability of engines, ...

Event: Get Green with Your Transportation
Get Green with Your Transportation Date Wed, 30 Sep 2009, 15:15 - 17:15 Venue Cost 5.0 USD Posted for Ohio Green Specialists Organizer Angie Palmer Want to save on gas? Wonder what alternative fuels are and if they can benefit you? Interested in non-vehicle options to save money? Clean Fuels Ohio will ...

Foreign oil receives highest U.S. tax breaks: ELI
Foreign oil production receives the largest U.S. tax breaks, and fossil fuels receive more than renewable fuels, according to a new study by the Environmental Law Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars...

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