US ethanol plans gang agley … again

Robbie Burns would understand the current difficulties facing the well-intended ethanol market, which are aptly described these days as, "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley." Witness the latest situation in the U.S. state of Missouri, where fuel stations once required to sell a petrol-ethanol blend have returned to selling plain old…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 26, 20080Comments

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Biofuels in UK petrol from today

The inventors are unknown, but some combinations are uncontroversial in their brilliance and universally approved. Gin and tonic. Cheese and pineapple, preferably on sticks. Curry and naan. Footballers and page three girls. Some mixes are just classic. Some mixes - well, not so much. Today one such mix has just been born: the mix is biofuels and…

ByThe Global ViewApril 15, 20080Comments

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Germany ditches biofuels petrol plan

If you're the type of person that biofuels are roughly level pegging with the feeling of stepping on a plug coupled with the sight of Jamie Oliver pulling the legs of a kitten in the evilness stakes, you might want to bust out the champagne right about now. According to reports, the German environment minister Sigmar…

ByThe Global ViewApril 7, 20080Comments

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Shell gets into sugary biofuels with Virent

As a youth, Greenbang and Greenbang's fellow school mates would spend countless minutes (hey, we had short attention spans) turning our calculators upside down and trying to spell out words on the display using the inverted numbers. We managed the greetings 'hi' and 'hello' as well as the biologically puzzling 'boobless'. We also managed 'shell…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 28, 20080Comments

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Chancellor’s green budget hits the buffers

If you were hoping to see some hardcore greenery from tomorrow's budget, you might be a little disappointed. According to The Independent, economic pressures will cause Chancellor Alistair Darling to put eco-friendly measures on hold. The paper says the he'll delay a 2p a litre planned rise in petrol tax as a compromise between the green…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 11, 20080Comments

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US ethanol plans gang agley … again

Biofuels in UK petrol from today

Germany ditches biofuels petrol plan

Shell gets into sugary biofuels with Virent

Chancellor’s green budget hits the buffers

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