Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'Moines'
Cellulosic ethanol the US dream and reality
This graph, produced with data from the Des Moines Register, and another good article from Phil Brasher shows the current gap between US cellulosic ethanol production next year and the curent legislative requirement for it. It looks as if the US...
The right cellulosic biofuels might help protect the environment
Biofuels from cellulosic feedstock could help to protect the environment by reducing the amount of nitrogen that runs off into rivers and by providing coverage that helps protect the land against wind and rain erosion. That is one of the...
Ethanol and intrigue
Phil Brasher at the Des Moines Register got an ethanol-based thriller to read over Christmas. It's called Article V:(the movie). I don't know whether to be jealous or not, I got The Riddle of the Sands. I've got a transatlantic...
Tie auto bail out with flex fuel
Check out the Des Moines Register story about calls that any bail out of Detroit automakers should be tied to higher proportions of flex fuel vehicles in their ranges.That is fine, but I think that it would be much better...
Ethanol doubts in the heartland
It is worth checking out a story in the Des Moines Register, posted on 17 October by Dan Piller Ethanol cos. hurt by prices may get help from USDA. Read the comments....
Corn estimates down in the US
The US Department of Agrculture has lowered its estimates of the volume of corn and soy that will be harvested this year. So 2008 will only be the second largest crop in history. It might have been higher if the...
US Biofuel farmers could benefit twice from cap and trade
I think that farmers in the US might be able to benefit twice from some carbon cap-and-trade proposals, according to this piece from the Des Moines Register. First they'd have to move to no-till planting and secondly they'd have to...
Corn price and investors
Des Moines Register has a piece about the way that moves to reduce the ethanol mandate in the US could reduce the amount of investment in cellulosic ethanol.To which I say: Duh. well yes if its done wrong I guess...
Now big food is using underground campaigning against ethanol
Now big food, in the shape of the US Grocery Manufacturers' Association is using underground campaigning against ethanol, according to DesMoinesRegister.com ,which is printed deep in the heart of the US cornbelt, Iowa. The website reports Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer saying "Underground...
Subsidising biofuels, a view from Iowa
There's an interesting article outlining some of the conundrums involved in funding biofuels in a recent copy of the Des Moines Register, where they are wondering if they can see the end of the biofuels money train. That's going to...
Biofuelers go fishing and miss a trick.
Biofulers are going fishing, but they are missing a trick. According to the Des Moines Register, quoted in Ethanol Business.com, Renew Energy, based in Wisconsin plans to use waste heat from its ethanol process to warm water and to grow tilapia fish for the...
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