Biofuels

    I Do Not Like It, Uncle Sam! I Do Not Like Your Clean Green Scam!

    By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  July 18th at 10:06 PM  | 

    Will government ever learn? Every time they try to fool the market with some cockamamie attempt at central planning, they create a discontinuity in the market. These discontinuities can often be exploited for gain. That’s when the jackals rush in. The EPA runs a program that is supposed to ensure 36 billion gallons of biofuels are blended into the gasoline supply by 2022. Every gallon | Read More »

    Dick Lugar Haunts the Free Market from the Grave

    By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  May 23rd at 10:45 AM  | 

    You might have thought that we vanquished Dick Lugar from the levers of power a few weeks ago.  But if nothing is done to stop the impending 5-year Farm Bill, he might harm us with his regressive policies long past his time in Washington. Last month, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a 5-year farm bill that continues to serve as one of the most potent | Read More »

    Mideast Turmoil and the Corn Ethanol Connection

    By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  February 28th at 11:24 PM  | 

    Could ethanol-driven food price increases be at the root of recent unrest in Egypt and the greater Middle East? An article by Robert Bryce in the Energy Tribune explores the connection between the Iowa Presidential Caucuses, ethanol subsidies, and the rising tide of discontent: Biofuels Driving Up Food Prices As Iowa Primary Approaches This year, the US corn ethanol sector will consume 40 percent of | Read More »