Comments on: Biofuels Deathwatch: Pacific Ethanol, Nova Biosource Join the Bandwagon

By: WeMadeAmistake

WeMadeAmistake — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:33:15 +0000

So long as President Narcissist keeps spending more money that we do not have, bio-fuel and alternative enegy costs will never come down. Even if they do, this irresponsible spending and his socialist policies are going to inflate prices way beyond what any net reduction in alternative energy moves will bring. Worse, the Cap & Trade legislation is nothing more than a tax and the revenue squezed further from 100% of Americans will result in a huge backlash for energy alternative industry. It does not look good with an arrogant Narcissist leader like we have at the helm. A White House that follows idealism instead of reality.

By: Ethanol Deathwatch: Let’s Have a Conference!

Ethanol Deathwatch: Let’s Have a Conference! — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:19:33 +0000

[...] and perhaps most importantly for those once employed by companies like Pacific Ethanol, Nova Biosource, VeraSun, Panda Ethanol, Renewable Agricultural Energy and Changing World Technologies: [...]

By: The Worst Isn’t Over for Pacific Ethanol

The Worst Isn’t Over for Pacific Ethanol — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:02:07 +0000

[...] of 2008-9, but it’s decline has been painful. In early April, Pacific Ethanol said it would run out of cash by the end of the month if it didn’t renegotiate its debts or raise new capital. The company [...]

By: Ethanol News Distilled | Facts About Ethanol

Ethanol News Distilled | Facts About Ethanol — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:27:25 +0000

[...] Biofuels Deathwatch: Pacific Ethanol, Nova Biosource Join Bandwagon Written by Josie Garthwaite Earth To Tech April 5th, 2009 « Ethanol News Distilled [...]

By: Stimulus Starting to Warm Up Cleantech Funding

Stimulus Starting to Warm Up Cleantech Funding — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:28:53 +0000

[...] from the stimulus package. While layoffs are still hitting industries like solar and wind, and biofuels are struggling across the board, if this morning’s funding news is any indicator, then it looks like the federal funds are [...]

By: Russ Finley

Russ Finley — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:03:21 +0000

Recall that they started going out of business when oil prices spiked this summer because their feedstock prices also spiked. If high oil prices and low oil prices both put you out of business, maybe, just maybe, this model is not economically viable.

By: CNCMike

CNCMike — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:59:12 +0000

It is not inefficient to make ethanol from corn. 87% of all corn grown in this country is fed to livestock and nearly all the starch in that corn is wasted because they cannot digest the starch, especially cattle. All of that 87% should be used to make ethanol as the dried distillers grains with the soluables left in the liquid are a much higher quality animal feed than the corn is. In fact every 30 lbs of dried distllers grains with soluables will produce more meat and more milk than 100lbs of corn. So in reality we would be getting a much higher quality fuel than gas or diesel from a normally wasted energy source and increasing the food supply at the same time. Plus there is no waste produced making ethanol. Every byproduct, or more acurately coproduct is a very useful, all natural source of animal feed, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, even the CO2 is a useful product that would prevent us from burning fuels to produce.

What you want to watch is how fast the price of oil and gasoline go up once the oil companies have succeded with their false information and propaganda that is killing the ethanol industry. It will be just like after WWII when the oil industry said it could produce synthetic rubber for 11 cents a pound vs 22 cents a pound from ethanol, using of course tax payer subsidized plants. The oil companies got the contract to dismantle the established ethanol industry and then the price of synthetic rubber shot up to 30 then 40 and finally 65 cents a pound because there was no longer any competition.

By: Earth2tech Starts Deathwatch For Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) And Nova Biosource Fuels (NBF) | Green Stocks Central

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:46:08 +0000

[...] Earth2Tech.com has started a deathwatch for Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) and Nova Biosource Fuels. Pacific Ethanol could be out of cash be the end of the month, and the company may go bankrupt. This shouldn’t be a huge surprise to anyone, as the price of ethanol has plummeted and people have become aware of how inefficient it is to produce ethanol from corn. [...]