Today in Biofuels Opinion: “What do you suppose is happening to all of those ethanol plants that went online in the past year or two? Uh-huh.”

From KansasCity.com: “Remember the sky-high price of corn, driven by demand for ethanol? Gone. Corn closed on Friday at just $3.09 a bushel — better than in the bad old sub-two-dollar days of old, but less than half the price that America’s biofuel future was commanding in July. What do you suppose is happening to all of those ethanol plants that went online in the past year or two? Uh-huh.”

Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger of California: “There are some people who say that we can’t afford the fight against global warming while our economies are down. But the exact opposite is true. The green rules and regulations that will help save our planet will also revive our economies.”

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