Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Quite frankly, higher taxes scare the biodiesel out of me.”

Christy Swanson, the co-owner of CKB Swanson, a waste oil and biodiesel firm in Virginia, addressing the Republican National Convention: “Quite frankly, higher taxes scare the biodiesel out of me. I’m a Democrat. I’m voting for John McCain. It is best for me. It is best for America.”

Mark McMinimy, analyst, Stanford Group: “Unless the leadership in Congress flips to the Republican party, and it seems like it won’t, the likelihood that that [ethanol] mandate would end or be dialed back is far-fetched.”

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