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Study shows Americans pay billions for ethanol subsidies

A recent study conducted by the Swiss-based group called Global Subsidies Initiative revealed the total cost of the tax breaks and subsidies that go into U.S. production of ethanol to be in the whopping range of $5.1 to $6.8 billion for 2006. It estimates that U.S. tax payers shell out about $17 per million BTUs. For comparison, a 1989 study calculated oil and natural gas subsidies at less than 40 cents per million BTUs after adjusting for inflation. Proponents of the booming ethanol industry say that the study doesn't include either the ... Read more →

Get it while it's hot: Biofuel discount for Odyssey Day 2006 in Iowa Derrick Y. Noh

Odyssey Day 2006 is quickly approaching and to celebrate 22 ethanol and biodiesel retailers in Iowa will be holding a single-day discount on their alternative fuels on Thursday, October 12 (that's ...

DOE: Cellulosic ethanol within 5 years Derrick Y. Noh

According to the Des Moines Register, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said in a press briefing that commercial plants able to produce cellulosic ethanol should be in operation within five years. The ...

Growing corn for ethanol will require 10 million more acres Sebastian Blanco

The USDA has said that American farmers will need to plant ten million more acres of corn if they want to provide enough biomass for domestic ethanol production. Keith Collins, the U.S. Agriculture ...

Iowa cattle industry could boom thanks to ethanol Sebastian Blanco

We mentioned a somewhat-cattle-related story last week and now here comes another one. Maybe it's the start of a trend. Anyway, farmers in Iowa think that the ethanol industry could not only help, ...

Study shows Americans pay billions for ethanol subsidies 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A recent study conducted by the Swiss-based group called Global Subsidies Initiative revealed the total cost of the tax breaks and subsidies that go into U.S. production of ethanol to be in the whopping range of $5.1 to $6.8 billion for 2006. It estimates that U.S. tax payers shell out about $17 ...

Get it while it's hot: Biofuel discount for Odyssey Day 2006 in Iowa 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Odyssey Day 2006 is quickly approaching and to celebrate 22 ethanol and biodiesel retailers in Iowa will be holding a single-day discount on their alternative fuels on Thursday, October 12 (that's tomorrow, so you don't have to check a calendar). What is Odyssey Day? It's actually a national, ...

DOE: Cellulosic ethanol within 5 years 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

According to the Des Moines Register, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said in a press briefing that commercial plants able to produce cellulosic ethanol should be in operation within five years. The Department of Energy currently estimates the production cost of one gallon of cellulosic ethanol to be ...

Growing corn for ethanol will require 10 million more acres 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The USDA has said that American farmers will need to plant ten million more acres of corn if they want to provide enough biomass for domestic ethanol production. Keith Collins, the U.S. Agriculture Department's chief economist, said there will need to be 90 million acres of corn by 2010 if demand ...

Iowa cattle industry could boom thanks to ethanol 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

We mentioned a somewhat-cattle-related story last week and now here comes another one. Maybe it's the start of a trend. Anyway, farmers in Iowa think that the ethanol industry could not only help, say, corn farmers, but also cattle farmers, since one of the byproducts of making ethanol ...


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