Today in Biofuels Opinion: “This is gross political ass-kissing…absolutely political payback”

John Bennett, spokesman for Canada’s Green Party, on an advertising campaign launched by the Canadian Renewable Fuel Association : “This is gross political ass-kissing…absolutely political payback and completely inappropriate – especially when there is an election coming.”

Biofuels Digest correspondent John D. Cochran in his essay, “Taming the Ethanol Zoo”: “The winners in the coming “ethanol wars” [will be}: Strategically positioned – from the start – to focus on cash; Operated with a sense of urgency to become mature, effective business units; Defined operating objectives, Performance management, Effective metrics – KPIs, Real-time operations attention, Optimal profitability, and Able to absorb and assimilate other marginal operations and turn them around.”

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