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Corn has taken an increasing role in the national economy in recent years because of its dual role as a source for auto fuel and its ubiquitous use in...
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Dear Uncle Sam
Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
It's no wonder people would do anything to get into this country where the streets are paved with gold. That's the only thing we've got that Uncle Sam isn't paying us not to have.
Since We've Made Tortillas Expensive, Let's at Least Use Biofuels Wisely
Rebekah and Stephen Hren | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
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If we're truly interested in creating a sustainable transportation network, then we need to envision a future where our limited supply of biofuels is used for much more efficient modes of transportation.
McCain's Energy Ignorance
Diane Francis | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green
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John McCain foolishly credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of the offshore drill ban. What's he going to do when prices nudge or jump upwards again?
Mixing Water Into The Energy Debate
Rob Runyan | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home
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Dealing with one sector without thinking about the other is one-hand clapping. That's why we have popular alternative fuels like ethanol that don't factor in the drain on water resources.
Texas Rebels Against Ethanol, Could Strike Fatal Blow
New York Times | David Streitfield | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green
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The ethanol industry, until recently a golden child that got favorable treatment from Washington, is facing a critical decision on its future. Gov. R...
Where's My Orangutan? Why Biofuels Don't Kill Apes
Josh Tickell | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
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The next time you eat a cookie off of your Mahogany table that was brought to you on diesel-fueled transportation, consider this: everything you touch, everything you buy and everything you eat comes at a price.
Food Fight - A "Vanguard" Special Report
Current TV’s “Vanguard” | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green
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End of the Line for Biofuels?
Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green
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Rightly blamed for everything from rising food and commodity prices to water degradation and soil erosion, biofuels have seen their cachet plummet in recent months.
Who Ate My Tortillas? -- The Truth About Food vs. Fuel
Josh Tickell | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green
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Corn may be environmentally detrimental, but it is difficult to pin the systemic problems in our international markets solely on biofuels.
Crop Prices Shutting Down Ethanol Plants -- And Plans
EcoGeek | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green
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Ethanol plants based on food crops are taking a serious hit because of the price hike for grains and the flooding in the Mid-west that has wiped out a...
Biofuel Feedstocks Latest Candidate: Kudzu
Treehugger | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green
yes, all of those vines are kudzu. photo via flickr Our colleagues over at Discovery News have brought attention to a new report that an invasive ...
Obama's Ethanol Support Shared By Many Advisers
New York Times | Larry Rohter | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green
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When VeraSun Energy inaugurated a new ethanol processing plant last summer in Charles City, Iowa, some of that industry's most prominent boosters show...
"Food vs. Fuel," A False Debate
Josh Tickell | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green
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Much of the "Food vs. Fuel" controversy centers on ethanol. Very little ink is given to the other biofuels, especially fuels from non-food sources from new crops like algae.
What Is The Best Biofuel?
Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
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Ethanol and biodiesel are slowly sinking as biofuel options, but the Farm Lobby will ensure that, if we decide to form a methanol producing enterprise, we will have a few years to refine the effort.
Ethanol Vs. Methanol
Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
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Ethanol and biodiesel are dead, long live methanol! Methanol is the simplest alcohol, with one carbon atom; ethanol has two. Thus, given biomass, it should be cheaper to produce methanol than ethanol. Surely enough, in a comprehensive assessment Stone & Webster performed for the U.S. Department of Energy two decades ago, with the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute as an associate, this fact was confirmed.
Ethanol Production Forging Costly Link Between Food And Oil
Huffington Post | Posted 05.08.2008 | Business
Ethanol was once touted (and still is by some) as an effective way to slow global climate change, but that effectiveness is increasingly being questio...
Poor Countries Blame Western Biofuels For High Food Prices
Posted 04.23.2008 | Business
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Western countries are feeling political and moral heat from poor countries over their use of biofuels. The New York Times reports: The idea of turn...
Food Riots Skyrocket, World Leaders Have No Solutions
Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
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Finance ministers gathered this weekend to grapple with the global financial crisis also struggled with a problem that has plagued the world periodica...
Is Vinegar The Secret Ingredient For Biofuels?
CNET News | Michael Kanellos | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
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To make ethanol, you want to make vinegar first, according to ZeaChem. The biofuel start-up, which has moved from Colorado to Silicon Valley, says it...
Corn Ethanol Producers Could See More Profits
Miranda Marquit | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
While corn growers and ethanol producers may find themselves enjoying stock increases that are likely to continue, investors should carefully consider the implications of their support of such a company.
Energy In America: Carruption And Obscene Cornography
Harry Fuller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
American taxpayers strapped to their chairs by a corn belt. Low population corn states like Iowa and Kansas using their two Senators each to tie-up the future, the tax dollars and the environmental health of an entire nation?
Iowa Farmers Stalk Candidates
Dien Judge | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
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Some of the candidates in Iowa are beginning to show an understanding of the importance of issues relating to agriculture.
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