http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2 The Daily Source for Biofuels News Mon, 12 May 2008 13:14:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Click here to subscribe to the FREE Daily Biofuels News Digest. We condense the day's global biofuels news, and deliver it free to you each weekday morning. In a four-minute read, you have the biofuels "news you can use". A comparable product in the market costs $89.00 for daily delivery. ShareThis http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/free-subscription-to-daily-biofuels-news-digest-the-authoritative-free-daily-newsletter/ In Oregon, US Republican presidential nominee John McCain said: "The facts of global warming demand our urgent attention, especially in Washington. Good stewardship, prudence, and simple common sense demand that we act to meet the challenge, and act quickly," he said. "I will not shirk the mantle of leadership that ... http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/mccain-i-will-not-permit-eight-long-years-to-pass-without-serious-action-on-serious-challenges/ An alternative biofuel, called furfural, is gaining new levels of attention because, like cellulosic ethanol, it is produced from waste biomass such as sugar cane bagasse. After pressing cane for sugar, furfural is produced by steam distillation; it has been produced since the 1920s on a commercial basis and imports ... http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/alternative-biofuel-called-furfural-made-from-bagasse-gaining-traction-as-diesel-substitute/ From the Tucson Citizen (Colleen Crowinshield, Clean Cities manager for the Pima Association of Governments): "Did you know that an average of one farmer a day retires due to lack of crop demand? Does that mean that by increasing the demand for ethanol, we might be giving these farmers their ... http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/today-in-biofuels-opinion-domestically-produced-fuels-bring-jobs-and-money-back-to-our-communities/ In Washington state, algae start-up Bionavitas said that it will take up to four years to reach commercial levels of production, but that its waste water treatment business is developing faster. The company is attempting to develop a bioreactor that overcomes the "shade wall", in which algae begins to block ... http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/algae-start-up-bionavitas-says-4-years-to-reach-commercial-stage-as-shade-wall-perplexes-engineers/ In China, grain prices have been stabilized in the country, via an increase of 30 percent in farm payments and an additional $3.5 billion in seed, fuel and fertilizer aid to farmers. As a result, grain prices have increased by only 1.2 percent. A change in Chinese meat consumption habits since ... http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/china-increases-farm-subsidies-by-80-billion-to-stabilize-prices/ In Brazil, Cosan called on the Brazilian government to intervene with the US government more forcefully on ethanol tariff, and observers said that Brazil may take the US to the World Trade Organization over the tariff, if the US Farm Bill is signed in its existing form with a renewal ... http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/brazil-complaint-to-world-trade-organization-over-us-ethanol-tariff-more-likely/ In Miami, the City of Miami will convert 1,000 city vehicles to biofuels by 2012, and the biodiesel supply contract has been awarded to Biodiesel of South Florida. The City of Coral Gables is testing biodiesel in three trucks, and the University of Miami plans to roll out a B30 ... http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/south-florida-converts-to-biofuels-as-city-of-miami-coral-gables-u-of-miami-announce-plans/ The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, plummeted 4.04 percent percent to close at 118.39 as agribusiness sunk  and ethanol stocks struggled. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 4.22 percent to close at $42.68, while Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) fell 4.57 percent to lead ... http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/biofuels-digest-index-plummets-404-percent-on-agribusiness-dive/ In Wisconsin, NextGen Biofuels is expected to give up on its plan to construct a corn ethanol facility in Reedsburg, after com pany management ducked repeated requests for information on the status of their plans. NextGen completed its agreement with the City of Reedsburg last November, but has not filed ... http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/12/nextgen-biofuels-expected-to-abandon-corn-ethanol-project-in-reedsburg/