The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) is reported to have been trying to influence government policy to revive a dead project that envisaged use of a by-product of sugar fermentation, ethanol, with petrol, sources in Industries Ministry told Business Recorder.
The Environmental Protection Agency Monday increased the amount of renewable motor fuels, mostly ethanol, required to be sold in the United States next year.
The higher standard is required by a law that boosts the use of renewable fuels steadily each year to 36 billion gallons by 2022 to help make gasoline burn cleaner, stretch available US motor fuel supplies and reduce petroleum imports.
The committee on blending of ethanol for motor vehicles and bio-fuel technology held its first meeting under the convenorship of President Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL) Zaka Ashraf here on Wednesday.
The high-powered committee was constituted by the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, said a ZTBL press release.
Why a verdant New Deal would be a bad deal
Two pressing problems face the world: economic meltdown and global warming. Conveniently, a solution presents itself that apparently solves both: governments should invest heavily in green technology, thus boosting demand while transforming the energy business.
Climate change is a challenge facing human life. It will change mobility and asks for new energy solutions. Bioenergy has gained increased attention as an alternative to fossil fuels. Energy based on renewable sources may offer part of the solution. Bio ethanol based on sugar cane offers advantages to people, the environment and the economy.
Corn-based ethanol is yesterday's news for venture capitalists who, these days, are betting on everything from wood chips and algae to turkey guts and trash as potential sources of next-generation biofuels.
Corn ethanol caught the imagination of US policymakers as a way to fix multiple problems: rising oil prices, dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuel pollution.
NEW DELHI: The State of Food and Agriculture Report, 2008 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation has called for an urgent review of the biofuel policies and subsidies to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability.
