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Posts Tagged ‘ethanol’

Study shows tax payers subsidizing ethanol at $4.18 per gallon

Study shows tax payers subsidizing ethanol at $4.18 per gallon

Thursday, March 11, 2010 15:14

Next year the oil companies will be required to buy 12.6 billion gallons of conventional corn ethanol, but because tax payers are giving them $5.85 billion they'll consume 1.4 billion more than required.

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Range Responds

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 15:01

I just became aware that BiofuelsDigest wrote a story on my recent blog on Range Fuels, and got some comments back from Range Fuels' CEO David Aldous:Battle of the Falling TimbersAldous said pretty much what I would expect the CEO of Range Fuels to ...

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Our Tax Dollars at Work

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 17:28

First off, a couple of announcements. After being able to stay at home for the past two months, I have a very heavy travel schedule over the next two weeks. My participation here will probably be limited. I am off to Seattle tomorrow, on to the Netherlands from there, will ...

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My Top 10 Energy Related Stories of 2009

Thursday, December 24, 2009 2:21

Here are my choices for the Top 10 energy related stories of 2009. Previously I listed how I voted in Platt's Top 10 poll, but my list is a bit different from theirs. I have a couple of stories here that they didn't list, and I combined some topics. ...

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How to Break Through the Blend Wall

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 17:04

By now you have probably heard that the EPA has postponed issuing guidelines on whether to allow ethanol blends of higher than 10% into the gasoline pool. Going up to 15% ethanol blends would allow ethanol producers to put a lot more of their product into the market, which ...

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The Questions I Didn’t Ask

Saturday, December 5, 2009 13:11

I have been asked to submit a video question on ethanol policy that will be potentially answered in a video blog by someone who is very well-known in the energy business. I will keep the details quiet for now, including the question I did submit. (I thought I would be ...

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Ethanol and Petroleum Imports

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 23:08

This is the concluding post in a series looking at the impact of increased ethanol production on petroleum imports. Previous posts concluded that there has been little measurable impact on our petroleum imports as a result of increased ethanol production. In this post, I provide a spreadsheet to all the ...

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Ethanol, Imports, and the MTBE Effect

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 23:01

I am traveling later this week, and will be on the road for nine days (Colorado, New York, Massachusetts). I was trying to wrap up the loose ends from my previous post with a much more comprehensive look at the ethanol/import issue before I travel. However, there are a couple ...

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Does Ethanol Reduce Petroleum Imports?

Saturday, September 26, 2009 21:15

One of the main arguments in favor of ethanol production in the U.S. is that it supports the goals of energy independence by getting us off of foreign oil. After all, we could just tell the entire Mideast to take a hike while we grow our own fuel. In fact, ...

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Corn Ethanol Breakthrough?

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 21:14

I just read an interesting story from Reuters courtesy of a reader:UK technology could turn U.S. ethanol industry greenDUNSFOLD PARK, England (Reuters) - A compost bacteria bred by a British company could be set to transform both the profitability and environmental credentials of the U.S. ...

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