Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Cellulosic ethanol has been “five years from commercialization” for so long…it’s become a joke.”

From the Christian Science Monitor: “This holy grail of biofuels, called cellulosic ethanol, has been “five years from commercialization” for so long that even Dr. Stowers admits it’s become a joke. But now the research director for POET, the nation’s largest ethanolmaker, based in Sioux Falls, S.D., says that despite bad economic news and major obstacles, cellulosic’s time is near. Other scientists agree.”

From the Times of India: “US president Barack Obama’s energy plan calls for higher efficiency standards for cars as well as greater use of ethanol. It aims to cut US oil demand by about four million barrels a day. That’s equal to the combined oil consumption of France and Canada, and would knock the bottom off the world oil market. That has to be a good thing in a world of energy shortages, even though a study conducted at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment claims that reliance on biofuels is not a good strategy.”

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