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Obama Under Pressure Over Role of Ethanol in Energy Policy - US News and World Report
Environmentalists agree with President-elect Barack Obama on many points, but his policy on ethanol isn't one of them. In the ongoing debate over the future of the country's energy policy, biofuels occupy a unique and precarious position: reviled in ...
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Gas powers most of government's flex-fuel vehicles - Boston Globe
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Colo. man aims to wean the world off petroleum (Sterling Journal-Advocate)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS (AP) EUR In Fred Robinsons auto repair shop near Stagecoach, items that can run on alternative fuels abound. Theres the H2-H2, a Hummer Robinson converted to run on a combination of hydrogen, natural gas, ethanol and gasoline...
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Report: Ethanol fuels state economy - Grand Island Independent
Despite difficulties currently facing the nation's ethanol industry, a new report says it has been a boon to Nebraska's and the nation's economy over the last 30 years. According to the report released this week from the economic consulting firm LECG ...
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Perversity of Government-Selected Winners
Technocrats love to pick winners. Leftish technocrats, in particular, love to believe that the complex operations of the entire economy choose technologies that are inferior to those the technocrat would have ...
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Farm Bureau: Thanksgiving dinner remains affordable - Alliance Review
COLUMBUS -- Groups representing farmers and fuel producers countered assertions that increased production of ethanol and high commodity prices were the main culprits behind increasing food prices. The Ohio Corn Growers Association, the Buckeye ...
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The Suspense Builds in the Automotive X Prize "Green Prix"
The greenest race on earth, the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE , is heating up, like Salma Hayek dancing on a waffle iron...
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The Quest for Alternative Fuel in the Aviation Industry Takes Off - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
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American Coalition for Ethanol : News
In addition, Duane Kristensen of Chief Ethanol Fuels and Lars Herseth, the board's at-large representative, will also serve on the ACE Executive Committee. "We are honored to have such diverse grassroots leadership and experience ...
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BlueFire Ethanol to Present at the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit
IRVINE, Calif., Nov 13, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, ...
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IndyCar Signs Ethanol Deal With Brazil Company - Inside Indiana Business
The Indianapolis-based Indy Car Series has announced a partnership with APEX-Brasil to become the North American open-wheel circuit's official ethanol supplier. The deal includes cooperation from the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA ...
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Top Ethanol Lobbyist Says Tough Times Ahead For Industry - All Headline News
Washington, DC (AHN) - More ethanol companies may soon declare bankruptcy, and the industry will likely experience increased consolidation, the head of an ethanol trade group told a Washington, D.C. audience this week. Bob Dineen, the president of ...
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U researchers try to make fuel from sludge - Minnesota Daily
U researchers try to make fuel from sludgeMinnesota Daily, MN - 4 hours agoKeeney said he thinks the federal government overinvested in corn ethanol, and is continuing to push it as a fuel source even though economic and energy . |
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Groups representing farmers and fuel producers countered assertions that increased production of ethanol and high commodity prices were the main culprits behind increasing food prices...
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From Driving Today
Dealers crash as economy slows Car dealers are hurting. In fact, it would not be surprising if more than 1,000 of them go out of business this year...
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VeraSun Receives Non-Binding Indication of Interest for Purchase . - MarketWatch
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How a 2006 tortilla crisis is still causing energy innovation
Amsterdam_In future years we may look back at the Great Mexican Tortilla Crisis of 2006 as the time when ethanol lost its vroom...
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BlueFire Ethanol To Present At The Cellulosic Ethanol Summit
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc., a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has been invited to...
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N.J. lags in promoting alternative fuels - Asbury Park Press
President-elect Barack Obama wants to usher in an era of cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles, but New Jersey lags far behind its neighbors in promoting alternative fuels for drivers. The state doesn't have a single public station that sells E85, an ...
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Missing the Ethanol Boom (AG Weekly)
SAN PIERRE, Ind. - The air smells clean and sweet off the sprawling corn and spearmint fields, but for this unincorporated town of 156, it is the smell of failure: the failure to reap the rewards of the ethanol boom...
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Online video vote to decide $10m green technology prize
Three videos shortlisted for public vote to decide which should be the basis of a $10m competition to develop green technology ideas Comments It sounds like the ultimate in the internet eating itself - a prize ...
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Fuel from food? The feast is over
In future years we may look back at the Great Mexican Tortilla Crisis of 2006 as the time when ethanol lost its vroom...
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Scarcity of ethanol stations plagues federal alternative-fuel fleet (Columbia Missourian)
WASHINGTON EUR The federal government has invested billions of dollars over the past 16 years, building a fleet of 112,000 alternative-fuel vehicles to serve as a model for a national movement away from fossil fuels. But the costly effort to put more workers into vehicles powered by ethanol and other fuel alternatives has been fraught with problems, many of them caused by buying vehicles before ...
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USDA seeks comment on biotech corn tied to ethanol - Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department has asked for public comment on a request by Syngenta Seeds Inc seeking to deregulate a genetically engineered type of corn that helps in the production of ethanol. The genetically ...
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N.J. lags in promoting alternative fuels (Asbury Park Press)
The first part of a two-part series on alternative-fuel vehicles . President-elect Barack Obama wants to usher in an era of cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles, but New Jersey lags far behind its neighbors in promoting alternative fuels for drivers...
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Advanced Cellulose Ethanol Development (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Swedish researchers at Taurus Energy, SEKAB, Chalmers Technical University and the University of Lund have signed an agreement on development and large scale implementation of a new improved bio-technical process for production of ethanol from lignocellulose feedstocks...
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News Save the chickens By LOU ANTONELLI Years ago, it was said our country was great because we had "a chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage." That sounded good during the Hoover Era, but we're in ...
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Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly | Trouble in Your Tank?: Ethanol .
Ethanol Fuels More Problems Than It SolvesEUR by Thomas Millette, MHC associate professor of geography. He selected these sites. EUR˘ A January, 2008, article from U.S. News & World Report discusses EURThe Pros and Cons of 8 Green Fuels.EUR ...
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Ethanol Is No Cure-All for Fuel
Last Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency increased the amount of renewable automobile fuels required to be sold in the United States next year from 7.8 percent to 10.2 percent of the 138.5 billion ...
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41 Creative Ways to Save Money on Gas : 15minutestoriches.com
Fuels with ethanol additives can corrode fuel lines in vehicles not designed with ethanol fuels in mind, but E10 and E20 do not damage your engine. Dont refill your tank until the last quarter tank but dont push this any further. ...
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Grant fuels installation of 29 ethanol stations (BizJournals)
Small oil and renewable fuel companies are making a big push to bring an ethanol-blend fuel into the Sacramento area...
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Aftermarket Carburetors For Ethanol Fuel - New Fuel Meets Old School
It might be too early to say for sure how the use of biofuels will effect the environment, our dependency on fossil fuels, or even food supplies...
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Ethanol Fuels Debate in Nebraska
Candidates for an open US Senate seat in Nebraska faced off at the state fair in Lincoln this weekend and ethanol was a topic of debate. Republican Mike Johanns, Democrat Scott Kleeb and Green Party candidate Steve Larrick all discussed ...
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Deny the Bailout for the Big Three, save Detroit - Spero News
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Sugar Rises Most in 2 Weeks as Oil Gain May Boost Ethanol Use (Bloomberg)
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar surged the most in two weeks on speculation that a weakening dollar will boost the value of crude oil and alternative fuels, including ethanol made from cane...
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Grant fuels installation of 29 ethanol stations
Small oil and renewable fuel companies are making a big push to bring an ethanol-blend fuel into the Sacramento area...
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Bruce E. Dale: Thinking Clearly about Oil and Alternative Fuels
E85 corn ethanol fuels my American made car. What a concept, we can make our own fuel today. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:28 PM on 11/19/2008. - + NoWMDs See Profile I'm a Fan of NoWMDs I'm a fan of this user permalink ...
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Feds Get It Wrong Again: Ethanol, a Troublesome Substitute for Oil,.
Last Monday the Environmental Protection Agency increased the amount of renewable automobile fuels required to be sold in the United States next year from 7.8% to 10.2% of the 138.5 billion gallons of gasoline ...
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The X-Games, Microbe Edition
Rugged microbes equipped with a unique set of survival skills find high-temperature and acidic conditions a welcome home...
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Advanced Cellulose Ethanol Development - MarketWatch
Advanced Cellulose Ethanol DevelopmentMarketWatch - 21 hours agoEthanol based on lignocellulose is a second generation bio-fuel. It is the most efficient fuel in terms of reducing dependence on fossil-fuels as well as . |
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Ag groups have wish lists for President-elect Obama
Compiled by Ag Weekly, For Lee Agri-Media Following the historic election of Barack Obama as the 44th U.S. president, agriculture groups across the country are hoping the new president will work with them ...
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Fed Fleet Not Fueling Vehicles with Alternative Fuels
The Federal Government's plan of building their fleet as alternative fuel may be in jeopardy...
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Dave Ranchino presents alternative fuel technology at humanitarian conference
Madison, Wis . - Dave Franchino, president of the innovation firm Design Concepts, Inc...
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Ethanol should not be overlooked (The Vanguard)
In the United States, about half of the gasoline sold at the pump is 10 percent ethanol. Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) are designed to run on unleaded gasoline or any ethanol-gasoline blend of up to 85 percent ethanol (E85); there are already about 7 million FFVs on America's highways that can run on E85...
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Obama Under Pressure Over Role of Ethanol in Energy Policy (US News & World Report)
Environmental groups are unhappy with his support of corn-based ethanol during the campaign...
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Ethanol in your boat fuel? -
Are marine engines compatible with ethanol fuels? The fuel-system components of most marine engines will withstand up to 10 percent ethanol in gasoline , the maximum level currently allowed in the U.S. ...
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