Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Can biofuels find redemption? Yes, in three ways.”

G.B. Veerman, posting on the Sustainability Working Group page: “Can biofuels find redemption? Yes, in three ways: 1) if the industry can find ways to get people to pay attention to the complexities of the matter (which, if I’m being cynical, could be really tough); 2) as advanced biofuels made from abundant alternative plant sources (like wood waste, algae or other ag wastes)  become commercially viable; 3) when regular, working-class folks decided renewable fuel is better than straight gas.”

Carl Hausmann, chief executive of Bunge North America: “I believe very much in free markets. … I hate government mandates, including biofuels.

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