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Today in Biofuels Opinion: “A very good time for a timeout”

May 16, 2008

New York State Senator George Maziarz:  ”No question there has been too much subsidy. Right now, I think it’s a very good time for a timeout.” Maziarz had been instrumental in securing $6 million for an ethanol project by Western New York Energy.

Robin Speer, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association:  Canadians understand the many positive benefits of biofuels, and these public opinion results, and past results, show how strongly Canadians support biofuels. They wish to see prices at the pump moderated, and they want a cleaner-burning home-grown renewable fuel.”

  • Today in Biofuels Opinion: “There are 21 farm states, and that’s 42 senators…They’re going to have ethanol.”
    • T Boone Pickens, reporting a conversation in 1996 with Bob Dole: "He said, "Ethanol is, you say it's a bad fuel." I said, "Come on Bob, you spend more money making it than importing it." And he said, ...
  • Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Plenty of mornings I’ve woken up in the last 25 years where it’s, ‘God, I’ve got to go fight this some more’
    • Brazil's President Lula "Our sugar plantations are 2,000km away from our rainforest. That is the distance from the Vatican to the Kremlin. Ethanol is like cholesterol. Good ethanol helps to tackle the...
  • Today in Biofuels Opinion: Mubarak asks “Is it logical or even acceptable that agricultural crops are used to produce ethanol?”
    • At the World Economic Forum, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt: "Is it logical or even acceptable that agricultural crops are used to produce ethanol, leading to a worse crisis in food prices?" Also...
  • Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Domestically produced fuels bring jobs and money back to our communities”
    • 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...
  • Today in Biofuels Opinion: “The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is a significant factor in the increased cost of commodities”
    • Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, supporting an RFS waiver: "The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is a significant factor in the increased cost of commodities, which is causing severe economic harm for low...
  • Today in Biofuels Opinion: “We can efficiently produce both food and fuel”
    • Jon Anderson, Mayor of Burley, Idaho: "So, despite what you may have read recently about food versus fuel hype, the evidence on the ground in the Magic Valley is that we can efficiently produce both f...

    Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Opinion 

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