Senator Lugar: Global Food Security An Agenda for the G8 Summit "To demonstrate leadership, the United States should lift its tariff on Brazilian ethanol that now shelters the U.S. industry. G8 nations should encourage greater investment in research and large-scale commercial deployment of next generation biofuels made from non-feed stocks." http://lugar.senate.gov/energy/food/G8Memo.pdf
Europe rethinks biofuels as climate-change remedy European officials have proposed scaling back dramatically their goal of increasing Europe's use of biofuels, a major about-face on a central... By JAMES KANTER The New York Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008038558_biofuels08.html
EU to change biofuels policy: imports from Brazil, solid biomass for electric transport, biohydrogen
"Brazil is the largest exporter of ethanol, but we cannot take full advantage of this because of an ill-advised 54-cent tariff per gallon on ethanol, to protect our corn growers. Not only is it cheaper to produce ethanol from sugarcane, but corn is less energy efficient and brought on the global food vs. fuel debate. "http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2008/jul/09/we-know-truth-be-self-evident/
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