Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'economics'
US ethanol overview
There's an overview of the US market for ethanol, the state of plant building and possible directions for the corn price, over at the Agrilife Extension of the Texas A&M University website. The credit crunch might have been a good...
Biofuels: is the cure worse than the disease?
Biofuels: is the cure worse than the disease? That is the question posed by Ron Steenblick, and Richard Doornbosch in a recent online publication....
World Bank blames biofuels for rising food prices
The World Bank's Development Prospects Group blames biofuels for rising food prices. For me the key passages in the 21page pdf are these.The United States is the largest producer of ethanol from maize and is expected to useabout 81 million...
Is this an accurate snapshot of the problems facing the biodiesel industry in North America?
Interesting post on Xeconomy blog looking at the situation at Imperium Renewables. While I'm not able to comment on the comapny's situation, some of the issues facing the business of biodiesel in the US look pretty stark in the article....
Are biofuels causing food price rises? Gallagher's answer
The Gallagher Review into biofuels has a view on how the diversion of food into biofuel crops affects prices but its not clear. Partly that's because it's economics (if predicting the weather is hard, why do economists try to produce simple...
Corn ethanol production economics
Robert Rapier over on the R-squared Energy blog has a pretty good look at the economics of ethanol production in the US at the moment. It is hard to disagree with his conclusion that As long as the ethanol mandates...
John's view of supply and demand in ethanol and corn
It is worth checking out John's view of supply and demand in ethanol and corn. ...
A journeyman's view of corn and ethanol
Journeyman TV has a video on YouTube talking about the role of corn ethanol in areas like food prices and US automotive sector. Its worth looking at. I can't embed it, which is a pity....
The FT has noticed that there's a link between oil and palm oil prices
The FT has noticed that there's a link between oil and palm oil prices in a piece in today's edition. In as much of the article that the paper is making free, they say: The prospect of crude oil staying...
A smarter ethanol policy for the US?
I like this analysis of the US ethanol from corn market as it now stands and Geoffrey Styles, proposal for a smarter ethanol policy for the US. Styles points out that after 25 years' of subsidies the US ethanol market...
Algae, some econonmics
There are some economics on algae as a biofuel here. Ok so BioKing want's you to buy thier kit, but it should be a guide......
Can markets solve global warming?
Gristmill has a couple of interesting blogs on a recent pronouncement from JK Galbraith, who's been peering over his glasses at a number of conundrums including whether markets can solve global warming....
Argentina's biofuel bandwagon gets going
Argentina's biofuel bandwagon gets going, according to a report on AP and over the other biofuel blogs like a rash this morning. AP Says many Argentines are worried that diverting farmland for biofuels - made from corn, sugarcane, palm oil...
The economics of biofuels and more
The economics of biofuels and more is going to be covered in a nascent blog from Gerry McKiernan Science and Technology Librarian at Iowa State University Library, Ames. Called The Bioeconomy Blog, I'll watch it with interest....
More ethanol means more expensive orange juice
Orange juice prices are set to soar as Brazilian orange growers plunge further into sugar cane, which is used in bioethanol, according to a summary of a report in the Youmiuri Shimbum. According to the Japan Fruit Juice Association, switching...
What ethanol is doing to corn prices in the US
I culled these stats from the Cost of Corn, a report on Kellogg's profitability last year in mlive.com (everything Michigan) in a report by B. Candace Beeke. * Ethanol production adds 30 cents to the value of a bushel of...
Some Lunchtime takeaway from Clean Fuels finance
Key take aways from the second session at the First Investing in Clean Fuels conference Sam Coxe, executive vice president of Credit Suisse said There is no sign of mergers and acquisition activity in the biofuels sector, and there is...
FT gets wind of wheat price rises
The Financial Times has cottoned on to the fact that using wheat for bioethanol could push the price up in coming years...Adam Smith would have been proud... According to the report: Jonathan Kingsman, an agricultural consultant, estimates that in Europe...
Biofuel econmics and Huggers
Well our friendly huggers were almost right, it is almost possible to make biofuels economically in Europe using raw materials dragged across the world.. Here’s the punch line from the abstract (you can’t get any more because its from an...
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