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To: RetiredNow who wrote (548622)	2/8/2010 10:54:51 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1575767

Biofuel mandates merely specify biofuel .... not specifically corn ethanol but thats enough to have created a new industry ... that Obama plans to triple in size over the next decade: I wouldn't really object to mandates unless they become too big and they are already far too big. If economies of scale were going to kick in they'd do so already. 07/11/2008 09:06 AM Environmental Groups Want Biofuels Mandate Suspended SustainableBusiness.com News Environmentalists agree that fossil fuels must be replaced by cleaner alternatives, but some do not believe biofuels--espcially ethanol derived from corn--is the answer. Environmental groups sent a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday urging it to suspend the federal biofuels mandate, arguing that the mandate is a major driver of unsustainable biofuels production in the United States and abroad. ..... sustainablebusiness.com The Obama adminstration has called for more biofuels, but is industry ready? From land available to grow the crops needed to environmental concerns to production and delivery worries, issues abound. By JENNIFER A. DLOUHY, Hearst Newspapers Last update: February 4, 2010 - 6:19 PM .... The host of new energy policies included a mandate to more than triple production of ethanol and other biofuels from 11 billion gallons last year to 36 billion in 2022. Under that renewable fuel standard, which the Environmental Protection Agency finalized on Wednesday, biofuels must make up 8.25 percent -- or 13 billion gallons -- of the nation's gasoline sales this year. ... startribune.com