Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Rarely has there been so much condescending feel-good hooey from anti-government conservatives and anti-big business, save-the-world liberals”

Bob Scott, president of the American Coalition for Ethanol: “Today, we face strong opposition, and their weapon primarily is the press.”

The editors of Forum.com: “The convergence of conservative and liberal thinking (?) about the role of ethanol in the nation’s energy pantheon is a wonder to behold. Rarely has there been so much condescending feel-good hooey from anti-government (read, subsidies) conservatives and anti-big business, save-the-world liberals. It’s an aligning of the ideological stars that has as much credibility as astrology.”

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