http://ethanol.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for ethanol en Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:36:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2046761 unknown@Netscape.com Robert Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association, had every reason to feel good when he delivered a speech in Tucson this year on the state of the ethanol industry. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:36:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2046761boifeulsethanolrenewablesenergyClimatechangeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2038826 unknown@Netscape.com Even though gas prices have broken record after record this year, motorists should know that the state's corn and ethanol producers are working hard to lower the cost at the pump. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:28:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038826ethanolworkingToLowergasolinepricesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2005067 unknown@Netscape.com No doubt about it, if there were a Miss Energy Pageant, Miss Ethanol would win hands down. Everyone loves ethanol. "Ramp up the availability of ethanol," says Hillary Clinton. "Ethanol makes a lot of sense," says John McCain. "The economics of ethanol make more and more sense," says Mitt Romney. "We've Wed, 23 May 2007 18:21:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2005067ethanolmythseconomicsDontaddUPstosselNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1742027 unknown@Netscape.com Senators moved ahead Wednesday on legislation to replace one-quarter of the nation's gasoline with ethanol and set a goal of cutting gasoline consumption nearly in half by 2030. Coal-state lawmakers tried to promote liquefied coal as a motor fuel substitute, but their effort stalled amid a debate over global warming. The energy bill, passed Fri, 04 May 2007 11:37:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1742027planforethanolToReplacegasolineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1730647 unknown@Netscape.com There is an ethanol juggernaut moving through Congress that will call for a sevenfold increase in biofuels production _ almost all of it ethanol _ over the next 15 years. Presidential primaries, anger over gasoline prices and global warming make ethanol a potent political issue for both parties. Thu, 03 May 2007 20:07:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1730647ethanolJuggernautcongressbiofuelsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1547078 unknown@Netscape.com In his State of the Union Address this year, the Commander in Chief of the War on Terror asked the newly-elected Democrat-controlled Congress to join him "in pursuing a great goal." To effect regime change in Iran, thereby delivering "a decisive blow to terrorism," and achieving yet another famous "victory for the securi Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:52:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1547078ethanolathreatTonationalSecurityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1512998 unknown@Netscape.com While ethanol is promoted as an eco-friendly, clean-burning fuel for cars, its widespread use could pose a threat to human health, according to a Stanford University study. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:00:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1512998ethanolfuelhealthNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1501522 unknown@Netscape.com Ethanol, widely touted as a greenhouse-gas-cutting fuel, would have serious health effects if heavily used in cars, producing more ground-level ozone than gasoline, particularly in the Los Angeles Basin, according to a Stanford University study out today. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:24:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1501522ethanolpollutionScienceStanfordNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1234486 unknown@Netscape.com Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hopes to advance a biofuels alliance and stalled world trade talks when he meets President Bush in Washington on Saturday - the leaders' second meeting in less than a month. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:41:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1234486silvabushtalktradeethanolNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1240710 unknown@Netscape.com An ethanol-fueled boom in prices will prompt American farmers to plant the most corn since the year the Allies invaded Normandy, but surging demand could mean consumers still may pay more for everything from chicken to cough syrup. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:55:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1240710cornPlantingBoostsethanoldemandNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1227788 unknown@Netscape.com American farmers are planning to plant more corn this year than anytime since World War II, as farmers rush to cash in on high prices bolstered by the demand for ethanol. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:31:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1227788usfarmerscorn1944ethanolNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1188686 unknown@Netscape.com American farmers, spurred by ethanol frenzy, are planting the largest corn crop in more than 50 years.The demand is so high, reports Farm News, that seed companies are running out of the most popular varieties of corn seed. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:07:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1188686ethanolmonsantoNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1174894 unknown@Netscape.com The attorney general is struggling to keep his job. The war spending bill is stuck over whether troops should stay in Iraq. And President Bush is again talking, for two days in a row, about converting switchgrass and wood chips into ethanol. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:24:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1174894ethanolenvironmentbushfueliraqoilenergyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/956117 unknown@Netscape.com High feed costs, created by the explosive growth of the fuel ethanol industry, will lower U.S. beef and broiler chicken output this year by a quarter billion lbs from earlier forecasts, the U.S. government said on Friday. Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:52:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/956117USDAbeefandchickenOutputethanolNews http://web2announcer.com/go/864497 unknown@Netscape.com Just an hour's drive outside this traffic-choked metropolis where President Bush kicks off a Latin American tour Thursday, sugar cane fields stretch for hundreds of miles, providing the ethanol that fuels eight out of every 10 new Brazilian cars. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:32:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/864497bushSeeksethanolalliancebrazilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/646273 unknown@Netscape.com What would happen if pigs could fly? Bacon would go up. The old schoolboy joke springs to mind when one starts to think about some of the bizarre ramifications of global warming. Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:02:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/646273commoditiesglobalwarmingClimatechangefoodsugarcornethanolNews http://web2announcer.com/go/613261 unknown@Netscape.com Saab will be bringing its latest bioethanol innovation to Geneva this March with the introduction of the first production engine to be optimized for E100 fuel. E100 is the designation for pure bioethanol, whereas the more common 85 percent bioethanol/15 percent gasoline is designated E85. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:43:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/613261AutosautomotiveenvironmentethanolsaabNews http://web2announcer.com/go/445137 unknown@Netscape.com Even as the U.S. looks to ethanol as a way to wean itself off foreign petroleum supplies, imports of the biofuel are soaring. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:49:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/445137UnitedstatesethanolimportsproductionsupplydemandbiofuelNews http://web2announcer.com/go/371647 unknown@Netscape.com If President George Bush thought he had the remedy for America's oil woes when he proposed an increase in ethanol production, he's getting no support in the boardroom of the world's biggest energy company and no respect in the stock market, where producers of the corn-based fuel are among the biggest losers. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:48:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/371647NewsbushethanolbidIgnoredexxonbearmarket http://web2announcer.com/go/333526 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush made a big push for alternative fuels in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, calling on Americans to reduce gasoline consumption by 20% over 10 years. And as soon as the sun rose on Wednesday, he set out to tour a DuPont facility in Delaware to tout the virtues of "cellulosic ethanol" Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:15:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/333526NewsethanolconsequencesbushalternativeFuels http://web2announcer.com/go/289217 unknown@Netscape.com President George W. Bush tonight will propose the U.S. cut its gasoline consumption by 20 percent over the next 10 years through a combination of higher vehicle fuel efficiency and greater use of renewable fuels like ethanol. Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:19:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/289217presidentbushgasolineconsumptionethanolstateofTheunionaddressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/264783 unknown@Netscape.com Ethanol use soared in 2006 and as more of the biofuel comes onto the market this year, gasoline prices for consumers could drop, a U.S. oil industry lobbying group said on Friday. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:51:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/264783ethanolgaspricesusoilindustryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/261894 unknown@Netscape.com High corn prices are wreaking havoc on Mexico's inflation rate and forcing shoppers to pay more for eggs, milk and tortillas. But they're a godsend to farmers. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:18:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/261894ethanolbiofuelMexicoinflationfarmerscommoditiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7513 unknown@Netscape.com Ethanol yields 25% more energy than the energy invested in its production, biodiesel yields 93% more energy than the energy invested in its production. If the US devotes all of its corn and soybean to biofuel production, it would meet 12%of US gasoline demand and 6% of US diesel demand. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:45:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7513Scienceethanolbiodieselbiofuelalternative energyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4720 unknown@Netscape.com The growing myth that corn is a cure-all for our energy woes is leading us toward a potentially dangerous global fight for food. While crop-based ethanol promises a guilt-free way to keep our gas tanks full, the reality is that overuse of our agricultural resources could have consequences even more drastic than, say, being deprived of our SUVs. Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:59:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4720ScienceethanolfoodshortageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2446 unknown@Netscape.com A Monroe pump owner said the state is stopping him from lowering his prices. Wisconsin Consumer Protection investigators have launched a probe into fuel prices at Badger Ethanol's E-85 pumps. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:06:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2446ScienceethanolpumpstationsellingE-85News http://web2announcer.com/go/1007 unknown@Netscape.com A US company's drive to locate alternative sources of energy is taking a turn into the farm. The plant will "gasify" 454 million kilograms of manure a year to make 100 million gallons of ethanol. The manure will save the plant nearly 365,000 barrels of oil equivalent per year. Panda hopes to get it running by late next year. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:01:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1007SciencemanureoilenergyethanolpowerNews