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Remember EPIC? They're now "Growth Energy" and they've got a chip on their shoulder

While looking around for information on EPIC's now-canceled sponsorship of the Rahal-Letterman Racing Team, I discovered that the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council is undergoing a rebranding. The new name: "Growth Energy." Growth Energy formed in early November 2008 and it seems their main goal is to separate the biofuel and food industries into good (biofuel) and bad (food) players. Take a look at this ad, which attacks "Big Food" for keeping prices high even though energy costs have dropped in the last six months, or this one, which ... Read more →

Ethanol decline's latest casualty: Rahal-Letterman racing team Sebastian Blanco

During the keynote session of the Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Institute conference last May, Bobby Rahal, head of Rahal Letterman Racing, gave a talk that described his role (click and scroll down a ...

Cheap ethanol stunts? So 2007. Say hello to the E85 pig roast Sebastian Blanco

Photo by Zach Klein. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Remember back when selling ethanol for $1.85 was the promotion of choice? Well, with gas prices falling like there's no tomorrow, ...

President Bush a fan of using ethanol in Indy races Sebastian Blanco

Last week the representatives from the Indy Racing League met with President Bush at the White House, where the president heard a bit about the league's use of ethanol to race around in circles. Wait, ...

Not a lot of competition, apparently, for Ethanol Fast Lap at Indy Sebastian Blanco

I wrote about Sam Hornish, Jr.'s initial win of $2,500 Ethanol Fast Lap contest at the Indy 500 a little over a week ago and now there's updated news. There are a total of five of these Ethanol Fast ...


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