Today in Biofuels Opinion: “The country in fact has no way – no matter how much it drills, no matter how much it conserves, and no matter how much it supports renewable energy – to achieve energy independence”

Anonymous, writing in Red Orbit, on the Democratic Party energy policy: “The energy plank is nothing but public spending…Like numeric targets, commitments of money seem to demonstrate seriousness of purpose….the energy plank gets one assertion right when it says about the US, “We know we can’t drill our way to energy independence.” The country in fact has no way-no matter how much it drills, no matter how much it conserves, and no matter how much it supports renewable energy-to achieve energy independence.

Enid (OK) City Manager Eric Benson, on ethanol project cancellations: “The reason why neither ethanol plant is functioning now is the price of corn, the delivery problems and development and construction of the plant. If you’re not on line already and have a construction date set it will probably be three to five years from the start”.

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