BioDieselNow - Renewable biodiesel fuel

Some strongly-worded stuff here. Good to see them not backing down.

The Problem is Energy!
NBB CEO Responds to Launch of Anti-Biofuels Campaigns

Washington, D.C.– "The problem is energy. Biodiesel is a key part of the solution," reminds NBB CEO Joe Jobe in response to the formation of a new partnership instigated by the Grocery Manufacturers of America. "With oil prices up more than 100 percent in the last 12 months, it is wrongheaded for groups to attack biofuels which represent one of the few components of US energy policy that is actually working. Biofuels are currently contributing over 8 billion gallons of fuel to our fuel supply, without which fuel prices, and consequently food prices, would be even higher than they already are."

"The U.S. biodiesel industry makes quality fuel from oilseed crops as well as inedible products and waste sources, such as recycled cooking oil. Less than five percent of the world’s soybeans are used for U.S. biodiesel production. Soy-based biodiesel is made from the plant oil, leaving 80 percent of the soybean — the protein — for animal feed and food uses. Therefore, biodiesel production is spurring the growth of the U.S. soybean industry, making even more food and fuel available for the future.

"Exciting research is expected to soon increase productivity from existing soybean acres by about 10 percent. U.S. biodiesel industry investment is growing in new non-edible raw materials such as algae, seashore mallow, mustard, camelina and jatropha. They all hold great promise for the future."

The U.S. biodiesel industry is a new green industry that supports more than 21,000 jobs. It added $4 billion to the national economy in 2007, and reduced the equivalent CO2 in an amount equivalent to taking 700,000 passenger cars off the road. Biodiesel is a good bargain for taxpayers, because the tax revenues for the industry exceed the cost of incentives for the fuel. Furthermore, biodiesel production also helps the American farmer by creating additional markets, helping often the struggling family farmer and rural communities.

Article here. 

Good for him. I agree for the most part.

Now, if we can only keep the majority of BD here in the US instead of "splash and dash" to Europe. 

BTW: The GMA is going to lose this fight. It's a bad idea that will blow up in their faces.

It's obvious that the biodiesel production is now pressing the economy (not only the U.S). At least these alternative fuels can serve more jobs aside from giving our vehicles' energy.

"Pressing" the economy? As in helping or hurting?

I, for one, see biodiesel as having the potential to be a huge boost for the rural economy and, ideally, a way to help lift some economically hurting folks around the world to lift themselves out of poverty.