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Kansas newspapers calls for end to ethanol subsidy

It's no secret that ethanol is a controversial fuel. There are numerous arguments against the use of corn-derived alcohol as a fuel, both economic and environmental. The federal and some state governments have been subsidizing corn ethanol production for many years, but the 2007 energy bill mandated a huge increase in production of both corn and cellulosic ethanol. The subsidies were intended to be a carrot to stimulate production, but with production now mandated, the subsidies now seem redundant, at least according to the editorial ... Read more →

Watermelon juice - the next great automotive fuel? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Corn as a source for ethanol has its problems. While there are a number of backers, there are real issues that need to be addressed, including (but not necessarily limited to) the huge amount of ...

Why is there ethanol in gasoline? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Today, we take another look at ethanol for our weekly Greenlings post. You've probably noticed that many vehicles are labeled with a Flex Fuel badge from the manufacturer, indicating that the car ...

Tesoro drops anti-ethanol lawsuit against CARB Sebastian Blanco

A lawsuit brought by the Tesoro Corporation last fall to prevent California's new ethanol blending mandate has been dropped. Tesoro dropped its suit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) ...

U.S. ethanol production down by 21 percent Xavier Navarro

Bad news for ethanol lovers. One of the most important ethanol producers in the U.S., ADM, has announced that U.S. production of ethanol was down by 21 percent, from some 12.9 million gallons in ...

Brazil's Petrobras to open ethanol fuel stations in Japan 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Japan currently imports half a billion liters of ethanol per year, and about 380 million of those come from Brazil. The Brazilian energy giant Petrobras thinks that this business can be expanded, so besides a refinery that it has just bought in Okinawa, the company is planning to open ethanol fuel ...

Insert corny title here: U.S. may not meet 2022 biofuels mandate 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Baring a major breakthrough in cellulosic ethanol technology, the US Energy Information Administration doesn't think there's any way that the United States will meet its self-imposed Renewable Fuels Standard. The mandate in its current form would require that 36 billion gallons of ethanol be ...

BP buys 50 percent stake in Brazilian ethanol venture 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

British Petroleum is acquiring a 50 percent stake in Tropical BioEnergia SA, a Brazilian company that's currently building a new ethanol plant in Edéia, Goias State, Brazil and planning a second plant. The new plant will have a capacity of 115 million gallons of ethanol a year from sugarcane. ...

Q1 2008 Ethanol production jumps 37%, still hard to find E85 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Production of ethanol in the United States is continuing to accelerate with production in the first quarter of 2008 up 37 percent over 2007 levels. The U.S. now has almost 150 ethanol plants, nearly double the number from five years ago, and they produced 1.9 billion gallons of alcohol in the first ...

VeraSun merges with US BioEnergy, becomes larges ethanol producer in U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As expected, VeraSun Energy and US BioEnergy, two large American ethanol producers, have become one. In fact, the just-merged company expects to be the largest producer of ethanol in the United States by the end of this year, producing 1.64 billion gallons of the car-liquor. The newly-formed ...

Canadian green party member argues for both sides of ethanol argument 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I was checking out the blog of an old friend that I grew up with, who now lives on Prince Edward Island. PEI is an island province on the Atlantic coast of Canada, and apparently they are trying to cash in on the ethanol boom. An ethanol production plant is being proposed for construction in ...

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