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Ethanol turmoil a serious threat to some companies -
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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" Consumers are starting to get restless and Washington is starting to listen said Morningstar analyst Ann Gilpin, who follows Decatur, Ill.-based Archer Daniels Midland, the country's second-largest ethanol producer. (article 2)
Moving into this century, several carmakers have been promoting ethanol (blended with gasoline) as a way to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil and to reduce emissions. (article 1)
Blended to run your vehicle's engine in the typical 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline that is known in the fuel industry as " E85 a gallon of E85 has just 70 percent of the energy in a gallon of gasoline. (article 1)
Unlike other parts of the United States, the region has a paucity of renewable energy resources that could realistically displace its dependence on fossil fuels. (article 4)
In particular, the sunlight and wind speed are too weak to meet a meaningful portion of the region's prodigious energy needs... at least with today's technology. (article 4)
Although New England has several mature clean tech companies, the competition focuses exclusively on those that have not received institutional or venture funding. (article 4)
Although this feat alone might seem compelling enough to win a Nobel Prize, other companies have been working with similar technologies for years. (article 4)
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Ethanol, Coskata, fuel, gasoline, biofuel |
Source articles
- Ethanol gets a possible comeback (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 669 words)
- Ethanol turmoil a serious threat to some companies - (baltimoresun.com, 06/05/2008, 568 words)
- MAZOLA OR UNLEADED? A NEW KIND OF FUEL (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 689 words)
- Competing to fuel the future (cbc.ca, 06/02/2008, 719 words)
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