Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Domestically produced fuels bring jobs and money back to our communities”

May 12, 2008

From the Tucson Citizen (Colleen Crowinshield, Clean Cities manager for the Pima Association of Governments): “Did you know that an average of one farmer a day retires due to lack of crop demand? Does that mean that by increasing the demand for ethanol, we might be giving these farmers their livelihood back? That’s a bad thing? Domestically produced fuels bring jobs and money back to our communities, right here in the United States. That’s good for everyone.”

From Bloomberg (German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel): “We’re struggling with the U.S. government to cut these subsidies”. Gabriel added that the US is contributing to the deforestation of the Amazon by giving a $1 per gallon credit to Argentine and Brazilian soy biodiesel.