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• How India could join the biofuel explosion

  There's an interesting article about how India's policies are stopping India create biofuel on the Hindu business line . They're subsidising the wrong thing, apparently. I think. Read More... Posted Sep 01 2008, 02:46 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: ethanol, Policy, biofuels, politics, India, Sugar

• Why is Obama pro corn ethanol and McCain anti?

  Those of you who have been following the biofuel positions of the two candidates McCain and Obama in the forthcoming US presidential elections may have wondered why the two men have taken the positions that they have. Ron Way examines the strange politics... Posted Aug 27 2008, 04:27 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: US, ethanol, Minnesota, Corn, politics, Obama, McCain, President, election

• Ethanol is great, (but not to popular technology)

  Ethanol is great if you're standing for election in the US this year, says Popular Technology and then starts a balanced video about that . The nugget in the middle of this video is from the University of Minnesota: If the US converted all of its... Posted Aug 12 2008, 10:09 AM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Corn, politics, video, Bioethanol, Election 2008

• Ethanol subsidies could be safe for a while

  Ethanol subsidies could be safe for a while.There's a really nice explanation of why subsidies are hard to abolish in Price of Oil: Hidden Oil Subsidies from Tree Hugger.com and on Huffington Post . I couldn't put it any more clearly than in the... Posted Jul 16 2008, 10:43 AM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: ethanol, Policy, Agriculture, Corn, politics, farming, farmers, subsidies

• Biofuels drive up food prices: Bodman and Scafer

  There's been a definitive piece of work on biofuels and food prices presented to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on 11 June chaired by Jeff Bingaman . Two secretaries of state Samuel W. Bodman (energy) and Edward T. Schafer (agriculture... Posted Jun 13 2008, 12:16 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, Policy, wheat, Corn, biofuels, politics, Oil, Plausability, energy, natural, and, soy, soybean, Bioethanol, Bingaman, Committee, seed, crop, Bodman, soya, on, Resources", Schafer

• Obama and McCain edge closer on biofuels

  Obama and McCain are edging closer on biofuels policy as the campaign to become the next president of the US runs on, according to Reuters today . Read More... Posted May 30 2008, 12:38 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, biofuel, biofuels, politics, Obama, McCain, Reuters

• US Political party funding

  In terms of US political party funding, some corporations donate dollars and others donate services. Molson Coors is donating fuel made mostly out of beer waste to the Democratic National Convention , according to two malconents They're not allowing... Posted May 22 2008, 10:48 AM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, politics, McCain, Molson, Democrat, Coors

• The Wall St Journal has a low opinion of the farm bill

  The Wall St Journal has a pretty low opinion of the farm bill . Written like it is, it is hard to disagree with the opinion piece. Hat tip to the conservativerevolution blog . Read More... Posted May 15 2008, 05:45 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, politics, Food, 2008, bill, farm

• A Danish perspective

  There's an interesting window into the Danish Biofuels debate on the Copenhagen Post . Thanks to Biofuelwatch@yahoo.com According to the Post 'In the search for explanations, biofuels has become the scapegoat. Press coverage has been so intense... Posted May 08 2008, 12:43 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: biofuels, politics, debate, copenhagen, Boel

• farmers and ethanol firms blame oil for food costs

  US farmers and ethanol firms blame oil for food costs , according to my pal Joe Kamalick on ICIS news. (Disclosure: I work for ICIS: About ICIS) Looks to me that Read More... Posted May 01 2008, 10:06 AM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, Corn, politics, World, Programme, Food, WFP, Tolman, NCGA, Yemen, Block, Regan

• 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. Read More... Posted Apr 18 2008, 11:40 AM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Economics, Corn, politics, video

• Biofuels are involved in "a crime against humanity again"

  Biofuels are involved in a crime against humanity again. Only this time it’s NOT growing biofuels that would be the crime. Confused? World opinion certainly is. This time its Brazil's president Lula who says that discarding biofuels would be the crime... Posted Apr 17 2008, 12:42 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: Agriculture, biofuels, politics, UN, Food, Brazil, and, riots, Bayerische, Lula, Rundfunk, Organisaition

• Trees a crowd says Newsweek

  In Newsweek's April 14 green cover issue , the question remains on who is the greenest among the three US presidential candidates. According to the magazine, several green groups are having a hard time deciding whom to endorse. Obama and CLinton are... Posted Apr 15 2008, 06:09 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: politics, green, General, Government, Newsweek

• Oily Presidential Candidates

  The Blog is captivated by this great online interactive graphic brought to us by the New Scientist Short Sharp Science Blog , which shows how connected each of the US candidates is to the oil industry. So far, the top runners in the oily candidates'... Posted Feb 08 2008, 12:40 PM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: politics, Oil, gossip

• Ethanol plants are a bad idea...

  Ethanol plants are a bad idea and politicians are at leas venal, according to R esidual Forces, which is pretty strident on its dislike of ethanol plants and the demands that they place on water in Minnesota. Read More... Posted Jan 28 2008, 10:21 AM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Water, Minnesota, politics