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 Stories About: agriculture AND biofuels AND energy AND ethanol AND interview
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Miles to Go
An interview with Missouri farmer and ethanol co-op member Brian Miles |
Yolanda Crous |
13 Dec 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Cultivating change? Photo: iStockphoto Like his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather before him, Brian Miles spends his days working the family farm. Unlike his forebears, however, he also sits on the board of Mid-Missouri Energy, a farmer-owned ethanol cooperative in Malta Bend, Mo. Grist talked to Miles about the present ethanol boom, the potential for an ethanol bust, and the ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, business, energy, ethanol, interview, Missouri (all these topics) |
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Biofuel Skeptic Extraordinaire
An interview with David Pimentel |
Tom Philpott |
08 Dec 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Any worthy idea can withstand and even be improved by naysayers; scolds and skeptics play the useful role of pointing out obvious flaws. The biofuels industry has no more persistent, articulate, and scathing critic than David Pimentel, professor emeritus of entomology at Cornell University. David Pimentel. Photo: Chris Hallman / Cornell University Photography. In 1979, with the price of oil surging and a ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, energy, ethanol, interview (all these topics) |
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