Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Never before has a political party and their candidate been so devastatingly threatening to my special interest.”

David Kruse, president of CommStock Investments: “I care about one thing…championing the interests of the biofuel based ag and Midwest economy. That makes me a special interest, but family, home, business, state, country is a good special interest to have. Normally, ag policy isn’t enough to determine support for a president. In fact, it’s unprecedented … Never before has a political party and their candidate been so devastatingly threatening to my special interest. Yes, there are more issues than ag policy, but when shot between the eyes by John McCain, without a pulse I can’t get to another level to worry about health care or Supreme Court judges.”

Australian Biodiesel Group chief executive Bevan Dooley on the decision by the New South Wales government to cancel a planned biofuel mandate: “This is a very disappointing development. It’s about time we faced a hard reality. Oil is going to become more and more expensive, and Australia does not have much of it. Short of a mandate being enforced or a more sensible fuel regime, the barriers to market are sufficient to prevent the large production volumes required to make a business profitable.”

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