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Who’s Been Naughty in 2010? Ethanol Interests

December 23, 2010 by Robert Rapier
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The previous essay spoke of the selfishness of many of today’s political leaders in spending tax dollars for votes, while compromising the economic opportunities for the next generation. In this essay, I want to focus on the selfishness of a particular group: Ethanol special interests, who have succeeded in gouging taxpayers for another... [read more]

UL Study Raises New Questions About E15

December 20, 2010 by Geoffrey Styles
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One of the energy stories I've followed with great interest all year concerns efforts to increase the proportion of ethanol blended into ordinary US gasoline. This began last year when Growth Energy, an ethanol trade association, asked the Environmental Protection Agency for a waiver to increase the allowed percentage of ethanol in... [read more]

Ethanol and the Gulf Spill

May 18, 2010 by Geoffrey Styles
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The implications for the oil industry from the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill are already taking shape, with the administration calling for a Challenger-style investigation and rewriting the playbook for oil & gas leasing and the issuance of safety and environmental permits for offshore drilling. It's less clear how the spill... [read more]

Looks Like I Struck a Nerve

February 18, 2010 by Robert Rapier
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I started to notice a trend in the comments following my latest Forbes essay about the redundant nature of ethanol subsidies now that mandates are in place. Several comments in a row seemed to be regurgitated talking points that were just red herrings with respect to the point I was making. I knew that meant that somewhere a call had... [read more]

Half a Loaf

December 2, 2009 by Geoffrey Styles
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When I wrote Monday's posting mentioning the impending conflict between the government's requirement to increase the volume of biofuels blended into gasoline and the current approved maximum ethanol blending limit of 10%, I was unaware that the EPA was about to issue a response to the industry group that had requested a waiver to... [read more]