Tuesday, November 01, 2005

[Ethanol] Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues Ethanol Source: Congressional Research Service (via National Council for Science and the Environment) Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues (PDF; 93 KB) "The current size of the ethanol industry depends significantly on federal laws and regulations that promote ethanol use for air quality and energy security purposes, as well as tax incentives that lessen its cost to consumers. Without these, it is likely that the industry would shrink substantially in the near future. However, if fuel ethanol process costs can be decreased, or if gasoline prices increase, ethanol could increase its role in U.S. fuel consumption." [ResourceShelf's DocuTicker] 4:06:48 PM Google It!    [Biodiesel] Poor quality biodiesel causes fuel shortage State officials suspended Minnesota's month-old law requiring diesel fuel to be blended with a soybean-based additive after workers at fuel-blending terminals found that some fuel didn't meet quality standards. Workers discovered late Thursday that some of the biodiesel was not up to specifications required in state law. By the Associated Press. [Stateline.org RSS - Energy] 4:03:52 PM Google It!    [Schools] Schools expect to feel the heat Recent energy hikes remind Russ Halverson why heating schools with sugar beets isn't such a crazy idea. By Erin Hemme Froslie. [Stateline.org RSS - Energy] 4:02:25 PM Google It!    [Biodiesel] Saving green by being green Biodiesel's time is coming as gas prices rise. [Source: Washington (DC) Examiner] 3:53:54 PM Google It!    [Alternative fuels] Renewable Energy Down on the Farm Via sustainablog: Ireland's Farming Life asks "Will Renewable Energy Crops Drive Future Of Farming?" and takes a look at the multiple ways Irish farmers can incorporate renewable energy production into their operations in order to either power themselves or produce energy as yet another "crop." While the article focuses on a variety of means that farmers can turn current wastes into fuel sources, it also promotes the cultivation of oilseed rape. Growing crops for fuel can provide another source of income for farmers, and does encourage them to look more to the market rather than subsidies; I have to wonder, though, if this doesn't promote the fallacy that we can grow our way out of dependence on oil. 3:40:11 PM Google It!    [Biodiesel] Governor Rendell Opens East Coast's First BioDiesel Injection Blending Facility Governor Edward Rendell launched the grand opening of the East Coast's first biodiesel injection blending facility owned by Independence BioFuels, Inc, a wholesale distributor of biofuels, located at the Petroleum Products Corporation terminal in Highspire, PA [ENN Business Headlines] 2:53:14 PM Google It!    [Biofuels] Kansas Ethanol Consumption Rises Seven-Fold to 2% of non-Diesel Fuel Use Kansans are using more ethanol in their vehicles, and more stations are set to start offering ethanol-blended fuels in the next year. According to fuel reports from the Kansas Department of Revenue, Kansans consumed more than 4.3 million gallons of... [Green Car Congress] 1:27:29 PM Google It!    [Biodiesel] First Biodiesel Plant in Arkansas Opens NWAnews. The Eastman Chemical Co. plant near Batesville, Arkansas has begun producing biodiesel from soybean oil, the first facility in Arkansas to do so. [Green Car Congress] 1:26:11 PM Google It!    [Biofuels] E3 Biofuels Building "Closed-Loop" Manure-Powered Ethanol Plant E3 Biofuels is building a 20-mgpy (million gallons per year) ethanol plant at a cattle feedlot in Mead, Nebraska, that will be powered by methane from the cattle manure, greatly reducing energy costs while making environmentally sound use of animal waste. [Green Car Congress] 1:23:20 PM Google It!

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