Comments on: Politicians Write Biofuel Checks They May Not Be Able to Honor http://www.minorthoughts.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fminorthoughts.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpoliticians-write-biofuel-checks-they-may-not-be-able-to-honor%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Politicians+Write+Biofuel+Checks+They+May+Not+Be+Able+to+Honor In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:05:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Ron Steenblik http://www.minorthoughts.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fminorthoughts.desertflood.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpoliticians-write-biofuel-checks-they-may-not-be-able-to-honor%2F%23comment-161&seed_title=Politicians+Write+Biofuel+Checks+They+May+Not+Be+Able+to+Honor/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Ron Steenblik Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:55:22 +0000 http://www.minorthoughts.com/2007/06/11/politicians-write-biofuel-checks-they-may-not-be-able-to-honor/#comment-161 <p>There was an error in the link for "over $100 billion". <a href="www.globalsubsidies.org/article.php3?id_article=17&var_mode=calcul#Costing" rel="nofollow">Here it is</a>.</p> There was an error in the link for “over $100 billion”. Here it is.

]]> By: Ron Steenblik http://www.minorthoughts.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fminorthoughts.desertflood.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpoliticians-write-biofuel-checks-they-may-not-be-able-to-honor%2F%23comment-160&seed_title=Politicians+Write+Biofuel+Checks+They+May+Not+Be+Able+to+Honor/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Ron Steenblik Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:53:08 +0000 http://www.minorthoughts.com/2007/06/11/politicians-write-biofuel-checks-they-may-not-be-able-to-honor/#comment-160 <p>It is not just a problem of the new subsidies. Last October we published a major study of the numerous federal, state and even local subsidies supporting production and use of ethanol and biodiesel in the United States: "<a href="http://www.globalsubsidies.org/article.php3?id_article=6&var_mode=calcul" rel="nofollow">Biofuels--At What Cost?</a>".</p> <p>Back in February we pointed out also the huge cost to the U.S. Treasury of subsidizing the achievement of President Bush's 35 billion-gallons-a-year "alternative fuels" target for 2017: <a> ">over $100 billion</a> over the next 11 years.</p> <p>So, if you are looking for rigorous analysis of subsidies, including subsidies to biofuels, watch this space:</p> <p>www.globalsubsidies.org</p> It is not just a problem of the new subsidies. Last October we published a major study of the numerous federal, state and even local subsidies supporting production and use of ethanol and biodiesel in the United States: “Biofuels–At What Cost?“.

Back in February we pointed out also the huge cost to the U.S. Treasury of subsidizing the achievement of President Bush’s 35 billion-gallons-a-year “alternative fuels” target for 2017: “>over $100 billion over the next 11 years.

So, if you are looking for rigorous analysis of subsidies, including subsidies to biofuels, watch this space:

http://www.globalsubsidies.org

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