Don Endres, CEO of VeraSun Energy, commenting on the $1.21 spread between ethanol and gasoline prices: “In the fuel business, dollar-plus margins are unheard of. The entire U.S. will go to a 10% [ethanol] blend; the course has been set and [blenders are] making very good money.”
Keith Johnson in the Wall Street Journal blog, Environmental Capital: “Is Texas governor Rick Perry right to be wary about ethanol?…Ethanol’s share of the corn harvest, the USDA says, will jump 37% this year, and will now swallow fully one-third of the 12 billion-bushel U.S. corn haul. USDA economists now talk about a floor for the price of corn and other grains—not a speculative or short-term bubble, but a new reality. Says the WSJ: “Ethanol was already on the dock for a number of reasons, from the environmental to economics. But when a near-record corn harvest promises to keep corn prices high, is it time for a re-think?”
Kansas.com: "Consumers need to know the truth that oil importers refuse to tell: ethanol is a great deal for our country. Ethanol, in addition to domestically produced oil, is reducing the $1 billion-...
From a letter by Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association and the American Council on Renewable Energy to the CEOs of automakers seeking US aid: "To avert dire economic consequences, we implore ...
Kent Barton, plant spokesman for Moroni Feed: "I don't believe consumers understand what's going to hit them next year. We haven't even begun to see the impact on the cost of food."
Gary Truitt, Ho...
In California, NorthStar Moving company will convert its entire fleet to an undisclosed biodiesel blend....
Arizona congressman Jeff Flake: "The federal government’s ethanol policies have driven up the price of corn. The high price of corn has had a ripple effect over our entire economy. Instead of trying...
Eric Apfelbach, outgoing CEO of Virent Energy Systems: "Ethanol has become a lost issue as a fuel, a lost issue as a process and people don't like the end product. Corn ethanol is a political solution...
