The G20 is under growing pressure to call an emergency food summit after the price of essentials jumped by ten per cent on average in July. Continue reading
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Price of essentials rises by 10 per cent
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Is Ethanol Cheaper Than Gasoline?
CLICK HERE to tell the EPA to waive the ethanol mandates and relieve pressure on our nation’s food supply, fuel prices, and vehicle fleet. Continue reading
Germany Hits Brakes on Race to Renewable Energy Future
The share of renewable energies in Germany’s power mix has shot up so high that the electricity grid and the subsidy framework has been unable to keep up. Now, the government wants to slow down the process. German commentators say that the current chaos endangers the entire project. Continue reading
German minister mulls slower green revolution
Germany may have to slow down its planned transformation to green energy, Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said on Tuesday in an effort to assuage worries that consumers will bear the brunt of the immense costs of the switch from nuclear. Continue reading
Germany’s new “renewable” energy policy
Wind and solar power + soaring electricity prices = outsourced jobs + more coal burning
Meanwhile, eco activists demand “sustainable lifestyles” – for other people Continue reading
Tom Tanton: “Not Cheap, Not ‘Green’” at the California Energy Commission
“In my period at Cato (1990–present), “Renewable Energy: Not Cheap, Not ‘Green’,” is probably our most important Policy Analysis in the energy/environment area. Bradley’s thorough review and analysis (60 pages, 325 footnotes) was a real pushback against the viability of ‘green’ energy in theory and practice.” – Jerry Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director, Natural Resource Studies, Cato Institute. Continue reading
Solar legislation opposed by utilities
California legislators are poised to vote this week on a pair of bills that would help renters and low-income communities go solar. But the bills have encountered stiff resistance from some utility companies, which call them unnecessary and expensive. Continue reading
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Peter Foster: Biofuel policy on thin ice
Washington’s biofuel mandate is hurting poor people right now Continue reading
Drought and the Second Ethanol Crash
When gas prices plummeted during the recession and at least half of US ethanol producers went bankrupt in the 2008-2009 ethanol crash, ethanol production continued to increase. But ethanol will crash again in the face of a summer drought, and this time the crash will be more definitive. Continue reading
Latest Ethanol Mandate Raises Ire of Motorcyclists
“However inconceivable it may seem, ethanol has managed to earn itself another enemy.“
It’s not so hard – just stop diluting fuel ya dopey beggars! Continue reading
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US biofuel production should be suspended, UN says
The United Nations (UN) food agency has called on the United States to suspend its production of biofuel ethanol. Continue reading
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Tagged biofuel boondoggle, burning food, ethanol mandates, government mandates, really stupid idea
Food price fears prompt plans for emergency talks
The US, France and Mexico are planning talks to consider whether an emergency meeting is needed to tackle the soaring price of grain. Continue reading
Marlo Lewis: Pressure Grows on EPA to Suspend Ethanol Mandate
The worst drought in 50 years has destroyed one-sixth of the U.S. corn crop. The USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WSDE) report, released Friday, projects the smallest corn crop in six years and the lowest corn yields per acre since 1995. Continue reading
New Ethanol Production Process Claims to Increase Recoverable Energy by 2000%
With all the focus on electric vehicles it can be easy to forget the billions that the government pours into biofuels, and especially corn based ethanol production. Most people prefer the idea of EV’s than using ethanol blended gasoline to fuel their cars, but a new method for ethanol production could increase its popularity. Continue reading
Ethanol vs. the World
The corn fuel mandate is raising food prices and hurting the poor. Continue reading
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$9 Corn Could Be a Big Problem for Economy
Corn prices – which have already surged about 50 percent in the past two months – could go significantly higher if current trends hold up, and the effects might be felt throughout the economy. Continue reading
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Tagged burning food, ethanol mandates, government mandates, really stupid idea
Crop subsidies distort the market
Make no mistake about it: Government subsidies are to blame for creating this situation in the first place Continue reading
Senators press EPA to cut ethanol mandate
As the worst drought in more than 50 years withers the Midwest corn crop, 25 senators urged the Environmental Protection Agency to cut the mandate that requires fuel blenders to add grain-based ethanol to gasoline. Continue reading
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Tagged biofuel boondoggle, ethanol mandates, gasoline prices, government mandates, really stupid idea
In D.C., Renewables Fraud Greeted With More Money
Despite the recent hearing on massive fraud connected with the Renewables Fuel Standard, the Senate Finance committee has approved the friendly-sounding “Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012.” Continue reading
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