“Industry leaders relied on a mandate and subsidies to carry them through”: Biofuels Digest editorial

In observation of Biofuels Digest’s first anniversary, a column by editor Jim Lane, “Biofuels at the Crossroads”, reflects on changes in the biofuels landscape in the past 12 months and opportunities for the near future. “Industry leaders relied on a mandate and subsidies to carry them through…hoping that the need to sell fuel the old-fashioned way, by creating and demonstrating value, door-by-door if necessary, would not be required. Here’s the news: it is required, and it always was.”

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