Phosphate is used as fertilizer. And it comes from the ground. As fertilizer prices increase and as the areas that mine phosphate become less productive, this could trigger even larger increases in ethanol prices and in food prices. And with...
Category - ethanol
A piece of bad news from the biofuels end. Staff scientist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institure, William Laurance, has claimed in the organization’s blog that “Amazon deforestation and fires are being aggravated by US farm...
The sustainability of biofuels was in the spotlight last week as industry leaders and environmentalists met in Kuala Lumpur on 21 and 22 November to create strict green parameters so that palm oil producers could label their products as...
More financial news from the non-fossil fuel world. US BioEnergy Corporation announced on Tuesday a net income of $11.1 million, or $0.15 per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, compared to $8.3 million, or $0.12 per share, for the...
First of all, sorry for the irregularity of my blogs of late but I’m currently on vacation in Brazil. Still, I have been pleasantly surprised to see how much talk there is about the environment and related topics such as organic farming...
