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Comment: Biofuels are a fake climate change solution

There are too many costs of all types to make biofuels a solution to our problems

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Biofuels in Canada cannot be produced without a subsidy or a government order called a mandate. The Canadian and various provincial governments are again increasing biofuel mandates as a simple solution to the serious climate change crisis we face. But are biofuels the solution politicians claim? Biofuels sound good and with mandates they cost government
“Corn ethanol is not a climate- friendly fuel.” – Tyler Lark.
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Study finds corn ethanol worse than gasoline

Ethanol ‘at least’ 24 per cent more carbon intensive, researchers find

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Reuters – Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published recently. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradicts previous research commissioned by the
CBOT March 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn sags on export worries

Soy ends lower after volatile session

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Thursday on profit-taking after this week’s multi-month highs and worries about export demand after China canceled a purchase of U.S. supplies, traders said. Wheat sagged on poor weekly export data and a lack of fresh supportive news while soybean futures posted modest losses after a volatile,
The RFS’s clearest success has been boosting income for corn and soybean farmers and related agricultural firms.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: U.S. biofuel mandate helps farmers, but does little else

Research shows it does little for energy security and harms the environment

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If you’ve pumped gas at a U.S. service station over the past decade, you’ve put biofuel in your tank. Thanks to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, almost all gasoline sold in the U.S. is required to contain 10 per cent ethanol – a fuel made from plant sources, mainly corn. With the recent
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Crops, Markets

U.S. EPA proposes biofuel mandate cuts

Proposal seen as boost to pandemic-hit refiners

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New York | Reuters — The Biden administration proposed on Tuesday a reduction in the amount of biofuels that U.S. oil refiners were required to blend into their fuel mix since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The long-awaited decision offers some relief to the U.S. refining industry after the health crisis slammed domestic demand
The Co-op Ethanol Complex at Belle Plaine, Sask. (FCL.crs)
Cereals, Crops, Weather

Co-op to capture carbon at ethanol plant, refinery

FCL, Whitecap sign agreement to sequester fuel plants' CO2

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A major Prairie ethanol and fuel producer is posed to spend just over half a billion dollars on a system to capture and sequester carbon dioxide from its operations in Saskatchewan. Federated Co-operatives announced Thursday it had signed a memo of understanding with Calgary-based ‘clean energy’ company Whitecap Resources, in which the latter company will
CBOT November 2021 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on firm cash markets, vegoils

Corn, wheat futures sputter

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended higher on Tuesday for a fourth straight session, with the benchmark November contract touching a one-week top on firm cash markets and global demand for vegetable oils, analysts said. But Chicago Board of Trade corn and wheat futures closed lower, sagging after a choppy session. CBOT November
In 2020, U.S. gas sales were 119 billion gallons, down 21 billion gallons compared to 2017.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Ethanol’s future is running out of gas

As electric vehicles take off, biofuels are set to sputter

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The key ingredients for a looming crack-up in ethanol — the fast rise of electric vehicles, lukewarm politics, and more evidence of catastrophic climate change — are in place and few in ag policy circles are prepared to face that reality. In fact, none of those woes are new; they’ve been building for years. For
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Crops

U.S. EPA recommends lowering 2020 biofuel mandates retroactively

Agency not confirming or denying sources' statements

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Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended retroactively lowering biofuel blending mandates for 2020, two sources familiar with the matter said, after the agency on Thursday sent a proposal on the mandates to the White House for review. The move could provide immediate relief to oil refiners that have to comply with the

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