The dangerous subsidies bubble
Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine - William Gamble - May 15, 2011
As China's economy begins to make up an ever larger share of the world's economy, demand from China makes up an ever larger share of the demand for commodities. If Chinese demand were based on a straight market, it might be predictable, but it is not. ...
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USDA Rural Development offers funding to increase access to biofuels in Illinois
Carmi Times - May 24, 2011
"We have worked for years to find ways to economically produce ethanol, biodiesel and other bio-based fuel, and we've been pretty successful," Callahan said. "The missing link has been affordable technology for pumps that can handle biofuel. ...
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Branstad signs law providing biofuel incentives
DesMoinesRegister.com - Dan Piller - May 27, 2011
... in 2010 declined to create a state mandate for ethanol use. The biodiesel industry was jump-started this year when Congress renewed the $1-per-gallon tax credit and also imposed a first-ever mandate of 800 million gallons of biodiesel use in 2011.
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Students Build School Bus That Runs on Used Cooking Oil
autoevolution - May 15, 2011
With the help of American manufacturer Ford, a group from the Georgia Institute of Technology embarked on a mission that will lead to the creation the first ever hydraulic hybrid school bus conversion in the US. Financed through a $50000 Ford College ...
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Danville company proposes new use for tobacco
Richmond Times Dispatch - May 11, 2011
A new company says that its tobacco will be genetically modified to produce "both ethanol and biodiesel at yields that far surpass the traditional crops of corn and soy." And far more plants can be planted compared with smoking-grade tobacco, it says. ...
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