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The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007The signing of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 gave the ethanol business a huge boost. The new law calls for a six-fold increase in ethanol production, the majority of which is corn based production in the US. However, according to the Associated Press, “Ethanol stocks mostly fell on Thursday as investors weighed recent fundamental weaknesses in the sector against recently passed energy legislation that will push ethanol further into the mainstream.”Questions to Ponder
Learning LinksEthanol push is more than dollar-and-cents issueSource: Delta Farm Press Sector Snap: Ethanol Stocks Mostly Fall "thanol stocks mostly fell on Thursday as investors weighed recent fundamental weaknesses in the sector against recently passed energy legislation that will push ethanol further into the mainstream." Source: Associated Press US energy law drives alternative to corn ethanol "The U.S. energy bill signed into law by President George W. Bush on Wednesday should drive a billion-dollar domestic business for a low-emissions domestic ethanol made from sources other than corn -- though it could take nearly a decade to go from the lab into car tanks." Source: Guardian Unlimited New Uses for Tropical Maize Source: Ethanol Producer Magazine Sweet potatoes eyed as ethanol source Sweet potatoes may become a good source of ethanol and could reduce the biofuel industry's controversial use of corn, researchers said Thursday. Source: AFP © Copyright 2004 by Classbrain.com |
