Replies to post #5140 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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with NG<$3/MBTU the anti-fracking crowd is getting their wish. Drilling is drying up very rapidly.

[wow_happens28]

It seems like a lot of next generation ethanol is under construction.

http://www.istockanalyst.com/business/news/5432872/abengoa-receives-air-quality-construction-permit-for-biorefinery-in-kansas

DSM/POET plan to have well over 26 plants of cellulosic bio-ethanol after the prototype plant is done at the end of next year. The way plants grow in tropical climates I would think cellulosic plants there make sense. I think a big battle in th government will be shaping up between oil companies and ethanol companies in the coming years. I don't know if ethanol can fill the void in fracking energy if the environmental wackos get fracking shut down.

http://www.dsm.com/en_US/cworld/public/media/pages/press-releases/01_12_dsm_and_poet_to_make_advanced_biofuels_a_reality_by_2013.jsp