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 Stories About: agriculture AND biofuels AND cellulosic ethanol AND energy AND ethanol AND George Bush AND politics
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Bush: Not a Gristmill reader
President hails cellulosic ethanol as a panacea |
Tom Philpott |
06 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I'm offended: President Bush evidently hasn't been following my string of posts about how cellulosic ethanol probably won't ever be viable. Addressing a renewable-energy conference, the president fretted that the ethanol boom he set in motion is 'beginning to affect the price of food.' He added: 'So we got to do something about it.' And what we 'got to do,' evidently, is throw more cash at cellulosic ethanol. Here's how The New York Times summed up his statement: ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, energy, ethanol, George Bush, politics (all these topics) |
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