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   jevanson Posted 12:20 pm
   02 Dec 2006

   Biofuels from GMOsWhat percentage of biofuel energy is made using GMOs in the United States?

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   ethanoloverload Posted 10:13 pm
   03 Dec 2006

   The educated detractors are rare.The Nebraska Journal Star had a nice article last week from a guy in the know on how we are going to end up burning our food up to make a minute amount of fuel.  You will be driving to McDs on 2.00 gas but you hamburger will cost 15 dollars... Grain ethanol and bean oil based diesel subsidies and programs are out of control.  Take it from an industry insider.  We will starve the bottom 15 to 20% of the world's poor to feed our vehicles if this continues.

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   swozniak Posted 2:02 am
   04 Dec 2006

   Re; Biofuels from GMOsI presume a lot. The move toward sustainable and organic agriculture is slow in the larger commercials farms that supply a lot of the feedstocks for biofuels. Corn is damaging to the soil as grown in American conventional agriculture, especially when laden with large amounts of pesticides and herbicides.
   I had a meeting with a group of ethanol supporters last year, one of whom was on the board of the Ethanol Coalition of America, and they view those who support organic agriculture as hippies and unrealistic. He was also not open to the idea of using other, more efficient feedstocks for ethanol, such as cellulosic ethanol from switchgrass or from wood residues.

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