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By: 7 Reasons Why Liquid & Gas Fuels are Here for the Long Haul : Gas 2.0

7 Reasons Why Liquid & Gas Fuels are Here for the Long Haul : Gas 2.0 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:13:35 +0000

[...] there are many kinks that need to be worked out — chief among them crafting a system that still encourages the production of food while also allowing for the growth of fuel feedstocks. But I do believe these problems have workarounds and aren’t showstoppers, so to [...]

By: “A Vast, Chicken-Wing Conspiracy”: a report on the forces aligning against biofuels | Ethanol

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:03:40 +0000

[...] conspiracies, but what is facing the biofuels industry is a vast, chicken wing conspiracy,” writes Biofuels Digest editor Jim Lane, in detailing a fractious host of forces seeking to derail the biofuels industry over food and emission issues. [...]

By: Jim Lane

Jim Lane — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:37:01 +0000

Where’s Big Oil in this? It’s a good question.

Big Oil has been on the sidelines in the debate this year. There are three schools of thought on this.

1. Since Big Food is paying for war and providing the soldiers, no need to get involved.

2. Big Oil has been steadily becoming more involved in second-generation biofuels, and may see more clearly than others that the issues of first-gen fuels that look so urgent today will pass by quickly enough.

3. Big Oil’s PR problems are so intense that they would either make it difficult to assemble a broad coalition against biofuels if they were involved; or alternatively, lessen the impact of the campaign in the public’s eye.

Jim Lane

By: salemguy

salemguy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:02:18 +0000

Uh, Jim, this is the article I got that I wanted to ask a question about but it’s been difficult to find my way here. It’s a bit rough getting through the WP hoops, after communicating with you directly and recently.

Great commentary and reflection. Thanks. I sent the link it to a regional listserve, so it’ll probably loop back to you.

Question:

Why did you not mention big oil’s role in the ethanol attacks?

By: Politics in the Zeros. Anti-war, global warming, peak oil, progressive politics » A vast, chicken wing conspiracy

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:26:03 +0000

[...] not left wing or right wing, but rather a chicken wing conspiracy. That’s what the biofuel industry [...]