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The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Robert Aronen	The Politics of Ethanol The political tailwind behind ethanol is unstoppable. Still, even with the tailwind, investors need to pay attention to value in this area. With the ethanol hype bubbling over, most of the companies mentioned here are priced for excellent performance.
BusinessWeek May 15, 2006 Palmeri & Pressman	Drunk On Ethanol Producers are riding a boom, but the market may be as tricky as oil.
Wired October 2006	My Big Biofuels Bet It may surprise you to learn that the most promising solution to our nation's energy crisis begins in the bowels of a waste trough, under the slotted concrete floor of a giant pen that holds 28,000 beef cattle.
Geotimes March 2007 Rick Zalesky	Integrating Biofuels into the Fuel Supply Biofuels are but one part of a larger story -- the transition to a broader portfolio of efficient, environmentally favorable fuels, both petroleum- and biomass-based, that will supply tomorrow's vehicles.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2006 Robert Aronen	Switchgrass in the Spotlight Successful production of cellulosic ethanol has not yet been achieved on a commercial scale. While the president has set the goal of bringing this technology to market in the next six years, there are no guarantees that it will occur. Investors, take note.
Popular Mechanics January 16, 2008 Chuck Tannert	Ethanol Makes Mini Comeback: Live at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show The sun may be setting on corn-based ethanol as Detroit revs up with cellulosic ethanol concept cars and tech investments.
Popular Mechanics February 11, 2008 Chuck Tannert	Coskata's $1/Gallon 'Trash-to-Gas' Tech Starts Up Ethanol 2.0: How It Works New startup company says it can make ethanol from almost any carbon-rich source for less than $1 a gallon.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2010 Michael Kanellos	Ethanol or Electric Cars? The Debate Isn't Over, Says GM General Motors makes the Volt, but ethanol will be a big part of the strategy, too.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2006 Robert Aronen	Proof of Price Fixing at the Pump? Last month when I said gas prices wouldn't go down, readers lined up to tell me all about how the fix was in. So, if there are approximately 169,000 sites selling gasoline, owned by tens of thousands of small businesses, why does this price fixing myth persist?
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BusinessWeek November 13, 2006	What Good Are Biofuels? Crops that double as energy sources are cheap, abundant, and homegrown. Yet as farmers rush to transform food crops into fuel, some environmentalists have begun to fret.
Food Processing July 2011 Dave Fusaro	Editor's Plate: Time to End the Ethanol Insanity The food vs. fuel debate is tipping our way; don't let the momentum die.
Popular Mechanics May 2006 Mike Allen	How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? Before we can debate national energy policy -- or even decide which petroleum substitutes might make sense for our personal vehicles -- we need to know how these things stack up in the real world. So we crunched the numbers on alternative fuels.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2007 Robert Aronen	The 20% Dream President Bush promises a 20% reduction in gas usage in 10 years. If that happens, which companies would win or lose? Investors, take note.
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IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Stephen Barlas	Stricter U.S. Gas Standards Stalled In the U.S., bipartisan opposition defeats bipartisan efforts to strengthen Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Great Ethanol Debate Nobody likes $4 gas, but rapid inflation isn't cool, either. With oil at historic highs and global demand galloping forward, the petroleum party won't last forever. But the consequences of corn-based ethanol don't forecast a rosy horizon. So what route are we to take?
Geotimes January 2007 Cassandra Willyard	Bush Renews Call for Renewable Fuels Although healthcare and the Iraq strategy were hot topics of discussion following President George W. Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday, energy was front and center in the domestic portion of this year's address.
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IEEE Spectrum January 2007 William Sweet	Corn-o-Copia In today's hothouse political climate, some weird ethanol projects have taken root along with essentially sound ones.
BusinessWeek May 22, 2006 Welch & Aston	Fill 'Er Up -- But With What? An alternative to gasoline is inevitable, but it won't come anytime soon for Americans. Here's why.
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IndustryWeek December 1, 2004 Tonya Vinas	Building For Biofuels Uncertainty in oil prices is just one reason ethanol producers are building more plants in the U.S.
Popular Mechanics February 2008 James B. Meigs	The Ethanol Fallacy: Op-Ed America needs smart alternative to oil, but the just-passed energy bill puts too much emphasis on the wrong alternative
Chemistry World May 2008 Mark Peplow	Editorial: Reap what you sow The biofuel backlash is in full swing. It's being driven by rising food prices; farming subsidies that look more suspicious by the day; and a general feeling that people have been conned.
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 Christopher Palmeri	Pumping Cash, Not Oil Exxon's risk-averse stock-buyback strategy is the new profit model.
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The Motley Fool November 30, 2005 Robert Aronen	Another Peek at Peak Oil It's all downhill from here. What does the future hold? Even if we are not sitting atop the peak, the supply-and-demand balance is so tight that energy companies should lead the market for many more years.
National Defense January 2009 Frodl & Manoyan	Mileage Mandates and Biofuels Aren't Silver Bullets The United States cannot ignore the many serious unintended consequences on the food supply, dwindling habitats for endangered species, and the reduction of carbon sinks for the atmosphere, when bio-ethanol is not providing more energy security or energy independence.
Chemistry World April 18, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Bioethanol Fuel 'as Big a Health Risk as Gasoline' The use of ethanol as a gasoline substitute for motor vehicles may not be the environmental panacea that its proponents would have us believe, according to a U.S. atmospheric scientist.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2011 Adam J. Crawford	Last Call for Ethanol The corn-based fuel is losing legislative support.
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IEEE Spectrum January 2007 Erico Guizzo	The Omnivorous Engine A Brazilian fuel control system lets cars run on gasoline, ethanol, and natural gas.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Gary S. Becker	Let's Make Gasoline Prices Even Higher It is not too late to implement policies that would greatly reduce the world's economic vulnerability to disruption of oil production in the Middle East.
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Popular Mechanics September 2008	Inside the Future of Electric Cars, Hydrogen and Next-Gen Biofuels The market has never looked better for alternative fuels and electric vehicles.
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