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 pollution of the planet and is competitive. Bad ethanol depends on the fat of subsidies.”

Neil Koehler, CEO of Pacific Ethanol: “Sure, 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,’ but it’s a good fight. Look at the progress we have made as a company, as an industry. We are part of the solution, not part of the problem.”

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