A Fine for Not Using a Biofuel That Doesn’t Exist

WASHINGTON — When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required by law.

But there was none to be had. Outside a handful of laboratories and workshops, the ingredient, cellulosic biofuel, does not exist.

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NYT: Biofuels make greenhouse gases worse, scientists say

2/8/2009 - Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse-gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these "green" fuels are taken into account, two studies published Thursday [2/7/2009] have concluded. --The benefits of biofuels have come under increasing attack in recent months, as scientists took a closer look at the global environmental cost of their production. Read the rest of this article at the Seattle Times... Read More......