Two months ago, I warned you about President Barack Obama’s EPA blending politics and science. Now, according to an EPA news release issued Wednesday, the “blending” process appears to be complete: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10 percent ethanol for model year 2007 [...]
Ethanol Decision Could Do More Harm Than Good
October 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Corn Ethanol Boondoggle Costs Investors Millions
October 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Under the headline, Investors suffer as US ethanol boom dries up, Financial Times reported today on the plight of people like Microsoft’s Bill Gates whose investment in the ethanol industry are not panning out: Investors, such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates, are sitting on billions of dollars in losses after buying into the corn-based ethanol industry [...]
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North Dakota Corn Ethanol Industry ‘Shucks’
July 16th, 2008 · No Comments
It appears the North Dakota corn ethanol industry “shucks.” According to a report this morning in the Grand Forks Herald newspaper, the developer of a 100-million gallon ethanol plant in the Spiritwood Energy Park near Jamestown, N.D., says the plant is on hold. Rob at Say Anything Blog points out the fact that this is [...]
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Firm Makes Ethanol for Less Than $1 Per Gallon
January 28th, 2008 · No Comments
In post published Jan. 11, I concluded that “I know it when I see it!” and what I see is this: “Corn ethanol is Cornography!” In short, I ranted about the push toward corn-based ethanol — which I dubbed “Cornography” — as being offensive to the senses and to the economy. Thankfully, only two weeks [...]
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