Today in Biofuels Opinion: “we can grow enough corn to both feed and fuel our country, and still have an excess supply left over.”

Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy: “The proof is once again in the numbers.  The release of the record-breaking statistics today, along with those from the USDA crop report in June, underscores that we can grow enough corn to both feed and fuel our country, and still have an excess supply left over.  What’s more is that as technologies continue to advance, our farming techniques and abilities will only get better and increase yields even more.  Maybe now our critics will halt their misinformation campaign about ethanol and focus on the larger issue at hand, higher food prices.  While food prices have gone down slightly, they remain at levels much higher than where they should be.  For more than eight months, we have called on Big Food to take onus for these high prices and leave ethanol out of it.  The clock is still ticking.”

Richard Cutler, CEO, Sutainable Power: “Having worked with John [Rivera] for almost two years, I have come to respect him, marvel at his genius, and sadly realize that like many great inventors before him, such as Ford, Goodyear, etc., the day will come when his true genius and dedication to the betterment of mankind will be recognized, and in my opinion, it will be in the not too distant future.”

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