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Muslim cleric says that using ethanol violates Islamic prohibitions against alcohol

In Saudi Arabia, a leading Islamic scholar warned that the use of biofuels by Muslims could violate the religion’s prohibitions against alcohol. Sheikh Mohamed Al-Najimi said that the Prophet Muhammed prohibited “buying, selling, carrying, serving, drinking, and manufacturing” alcohol. Majimi took pains to make clear that his analysis should not be considered a formal prohibition, [...]

February 20, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “If you fill up your car or tractor with a blend containing a percentage of biofuel, then that percentage is helping an Australian farming community somewhere.”

2007 Nuffield Scholar Ronald Thompson, in Farm Online Australia: “A problem with this country in general is that we haven’t been prepared to take alternative energy on board. Brazil went down this path in the seventies, when it decided to get away from oil dependence and created an agricultural economy around biofuels. If you fill [...]

January 22, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0