Today in Biofuels Opinion: “I recently attended a two-hour long protest in front of a biodiesel filling station. It was a ghost town, sans tumbleweeds.”

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-plus that leave our country every day to pay for a consumable product.” 

Russ Finley, in Gristmill: “Normally, a third strike means you’re out. Imagine a game of baseball where one of the teams can have all the strikes they want. That’s the system we have established for corn ethanol. Consumers can’t vote with their dollars fast enough, but it seems to make no difference. It’s supported by tax dollars and blended into fuel by government fiat, and there isn’t anything to do about it.

“That isn’t quite the case with biodiesel. Seattle has biodiesel pumps all over the place. You can buy a 99 percent blend, a 20 percent blend, or a 5 percent blend. Consumers don’t have to buy it and guess what? They don’t. King County, the largest consumer in Washington state has stopped using biodiesel. I recently attended a two-hour long protest in front of a biodiesel filling station (creatively landscaped with soy and canola seedlings) at which one customer showed up the entire time. It was a ghost town, sans tumbleweeds.”

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