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Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Using ethanol for fuel is like electing the dumbest kid in school as class president.”
Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa: [On mandating all new cars to have flex-fuel capability] “We own the automobile companies. Why not? I think that will be an easy one.”
Bill Reinert, Toyota Motor Sales national manager for the advanced technology group: “Using ethanol for fuel is like electing the dumbest kid in school as class president. [...]
July 19, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 1
Nippon Oil, Toyota, Mitsubishi aim to produce commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol by 2014
In Japan, Nippon Oil, Toyota, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toray Industries, Kajima and Sapporo Engineering jointly announced that they would establish a research consortium to develop low-cost cellulosic biofuels. The consortium’s goal is 66 Mgy in cellulosic ethanol production by 2014 at a cost target of $1.65 per gallon by 2015.
February 10, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0


