Blogging For Biofuels
During his State of the Union address last night, it appeared as though President Barack Obama gave biofuels a mention when he spoke about efforts to combat climate change.
It's no big secret that the anti-ethanol crowd play very loosely with facts. But there has to be a limit. Don't these folks know that just about anyone with a smartphone can check up on their claims within seconds?
On Jan 16, Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) included an amendment to the Keystone XL pipeline bill that calls for the elimination of the corn-based ethanol requirements in the RFS. Needless to say, their arguments supporting the amendment weren’t fact-driven.
E10 or gasoline with a 10 percent blend of ethanol has significantly reduced CO2 emissions. In Minnesota alone, it is estimated that E10 usage has prevented the release of 766,571 metric tons of CO2 in the air. So how much better would it be if all fuel usage in the state was E15?
This week, General Motors unveiled the Chevrolet Bolt, its first all-electric vehicle and one that it believes will be the first mass-selling electric vehicle.
This video produced by our member, Syngenta, does a great job in explaining how ethanol is fueling growth in rural America. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out below.
In April 2014, the DENCO II plant in Morris launched an E85 program where it would offer E85 at $1 a gallon cheaper than regular E10. Since it's launch, the program has been expanded to 13 stations in Minnesota.
The volume of E85 sold in November last year in Minnesota clocked in 1.36 million gallons, higher than the 1.35 million gallons sold in November 2013 despite fewer stations offering E85 in the state.
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In conjunction with its grand reopening this week, E15 is priced 10 cents lower than regular 87-octane unleaded gasoline at the Holiday station on County Road 24 in Plymouth.
Stations in Columbia Heights, Plymouth and Brooks have begun selling E15, bringing the total number of stations offering E15 in Minnesota to 17.
There's no denying that consumers have had one of the best holiday seasons in years thanks to the dramatic fall in gas prices. But new developments suggest that low prices at the pump won't be a permanent fixture.
Syngenta has received approval to export its Agrisure Viptera corn trait to China. The approval from China covers corn grain and processing byproducts, such as dried distillers grains (DDGs), for feed use.
The recent report released by the University of Minnesota, “Life Cycle Air Quality Impacts Of Conventional And Alternative Light-Duty Transportation In the United States,” contains several inaccuracies and misleading information.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air advisory for the southern half of Minnesota this weekend and is advising commuters to use clean renewable power.
Check out this video by The Smoking Tire of a Subaru BRZ that was tuned to produce more horsepower by fitting it to run on E85.
This month, we spotlight Syngenta, which, among others, supplies high quality seed, biotech traits as well as the Enogen corn enzyme technology. We spoke with Jack Bernens, Enogen Marketing and Stakeholder Manager, to find out more about Syngenta.