MA Rep Delahunt's E-Mail: Ethanol Subsidies A "No-Brainer"
"As Congress makes final decisions on the energy bill, one of the most important decisions to be made is whether or not to implement a more aggressive nation…
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Smithsonian Mag Rips "Bio-Fools" A New One
The tide may be turning against bio-fuels– at least amongst the chattering classes. The semi-prestigious Smithsonian magazine has just published a piec…
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Toyota Flex-Fuels the Tundra– Just Cause
Bill Reinhert is Toyota USA's national manager-advanced technology group. He wants you to know that Toyota's decision to offer an E85-compatible (a.k.a. flex…
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Global Biz Group: Biofuels Suck
The European Union (EU) wants to see 10 percent of Eurozone transportation powered by bio-fuels by 2020. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Develo…
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Sugar Producers To Tap Into Ethanol Subsidies
Ah, the politics of American sugar. I once read that Caribbean cane growers protected their power by lobbying the English parliament to prevent America's col…
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Norway Considers Banning Petrol-Powered Cars
No seriously. The Kingdom of Norway may become the first nation on God's green Earth to ban all gasoline-only cars. Citing Brazil's success with bioethanol a…
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Distribution Bottleneck Causes Ethanol Glut
No good deed (or government subsidy) goes unpunished. The New York Times reports what we surmised many moons ago: without a national network of ethanol-compa…
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Saving the Planet as Fast as Possible
Who said you can't have your cake and drive it too? Wired Magazine continues the top ten transport trend (thanks Forbes) with its list of "The 10 Fastest Gre…
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Biodiesel: Boondoggle or Blessing? Green Earth Gives It a Go
Under the Energy Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998, federal, state, and public utility fleets can meet their alternative fuel requirements by tanking-…
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Bio-Fuels Boondoggle Backfires, Badly
A new study that concludes that rainforests absorb more CO2 than can be saved by clearing the land for biofuel crops. Razing rainforests for bio-fuels? Surel…
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