Today in Biofuels Opinion: “GMA needs an excuse to gouge consumers with higher food prices”

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa: “The Grocery Manufacturers Association, I have come to the conclusion, needs an excuse to gouge consumers of America with higher food prices, and an easy scapegoat for increasing food prices is, of course, ethanol. This unprecedented attack on another member of the food chain has been littered with misleading information that has been passed on by the Grocery Manufacturers Association. We can’t sit idly by and watch a group devastate an industry with misinformation and half-truths.”

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva: “I believe the main attacks against biofuels come from oil companies. We are aware of the interests held by countries that don’t produce ethanol or produce ethanol from wheat or corn, which aren’t competitive.

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