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- More ethanol means lower gasoline prices
Ethanol use soared in 2006 and as more of the biofuel comes onto the market this year, gasoline prices for consumers could drop, a U.S. oil industry lobbying group said on Friday.
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:30:38 EST - GAO Says Energy Needs Bigger Budget
The Energy Department needs more money in order to find ways to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil, and mitigate the environmental harm caused by burning fossil fuels, the investigative arm of Congress said Friday.
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:10:36 EST - Oil-drilling fee would fund solar, ethanol work
The House voted Thursday to roll back billions of dollars in oil industry subsidies in what supporters hailed as boost for renewable fuels.
Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:50:33 EST - Ethanol use has environmental downsides
Biofuels have the potential to lessen the impact of human civilization on the environment, but even the greenest of renewable fuels production is not without its dirty underbelly, experts said.
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:30:31 EST - New U.S. Congress looks to boost alternate fuels
U.S. lawmakers unveiled a raft of energy-related bills in the early hours of the 110th Congress aimed at boosting fuel ethanol use, extracting liquid fuels from coal and tightening automobile fuel efficiency rules.
Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:47:10 EST - Ethanol demand at issue
A Washington-based environmental think tank warned Thursday that demand for corn to feed a boom in ethanol plants far exceeds Agriculture Department estimates and called for a moratorium on licenses for new distilleries.
Sun, 7 Jan 2007 15:00:28 EST - Ethanol's success story may have downside
US factories producing ethanol fuel for cars may consume as much as half of the country's corn crop next year - more than double earlier government predictions - creating competition for grain stocks that could drive up supermarket prices for cereals, meat, eggs, and dairy products, according to a report released yesterday.
Sat, 6 Jan 2007 11:13:46 EST - Alternative fuels: Governor Granholm seeks fast plan for renewable fuels
Gov. Jennifer Granholm told a state commission charged with promoting ethanol and other agriculture-based fuels that Michigan should lead the nation in renewable fuels.
Thu, 4 Jan 2007 03:40:24 EST - Rise in Ethanol Raises Concerns About Corn as a Food
Renewing concerns about whether there will be enough corn to support the demand for both fuel and food, a new study has found that ethanol plants could use as much as half of Americas corn crop next year.
Tue, 2 Jan 2007 23:53:42 EST - Underestimated US ethanol craze may hurt poor
Poor people in countries that depend on grain imports could soon be hit with rising food prices driven by explosive growth in the number of U.S. distilleries producing the alternative motor fuel ethanol, an environmental expert said on Thursday.
Mon, 1 Jan 2007 20:07:00 EST - Energy's winners and losers in 2006
Oil majors, niche ethanol firms clean up, hydrogen companies continue to bleed. Plus, what to watch for in 2007.
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:52:56 EST - US Corn Farmers Look To Ethanol For Financial Security
These are good times for Jim Casey: Demand for ethanol has pushed up the price of corn so much that he no longer qualifies for government subsidies.
Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:19:34 EST - Minn. Ethanol Plant Taps Thirst for Vodka
As distilleries for premium vodka go, the behemoth in Benson is surely one of the most unlikely.
Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:46:12 EST - Recent study says ethanol makes net gain for energy
Scientists and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have sparred for years over whether ethanol requires more energy to produce than it yields as fuel.
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:12:50 EST - Colorado bullish on cellulosic ethanol
The U.S. could turn off the foreign oil spigots by making fuel out of cornstalks, stover, switch grass, straw or virtually any biomass.
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:39:28 EST
