Today in Biofuels Opinion: “the biofueled engine used noticeably less fuel than the other conventionally fueled engine.”

Bob Nuner, in a note to Biofuels Digest: “I was struck by the linked USA Today jet fuel story and the comment by the Continental Airlines pilot that the biofueled engine used noticeably less fuel than the other conventionally fueled engine…If this is really true about lower fuel consumption, that seems to me to be a very big deal – one I’d not been aware of.”

Governor Rick Perry of Texas: “Unfortunately, [Texas'] strength in petrochemical production and refining makes us a big target on the radar of an increasingly activist EPA, whose one-size-fits-all approaches could severely harm our energy sector. Texas has a huge opportunity in biofuels if we’ll continue leveraging our state’s energy expertise while avoiding use of food crops for energy, a practice that harms our farmers and ranchers, and drives up the family grocery bill.”

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