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Conventional fuel lobby, long spoons and the Devil

I’m starting off on a conversation with Terry Syd in an Australian Biofules Forum about the power of the conventional fuel lobby, and the inability of politicians to get the message that biofuels are going to be important to the future energy mix of that country.

It occurs to me that there is the potential of using some of the big oil’s lobbying to sell biofuels to politicians, and possibly to big oil itself (Ok tell me about using a long spoon and insulated gloves when supping with the Devil). Is that completely mad?

One thing that big oil, carmakers and the great drivng public would want before it got really interested though would be consistency of supply and product. Could producers in Aus and the US supply this? Let me know what you think

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