Biofuel News Digest January 4 - First of '06!

There is a lot of biofuel news to reports today. Some I'm catching up on. But some is just an increase in volume of news stories. So, let's get on with it.

Washington Senator Cantwell Continues Biodiesel Agenda
As more public officials learn about the benefits of biofuel use and production, they lend their imprimator and offices to the cause. Reported earlier on IOd, Cantwell was helpful in brokering a deal made by the Port of Seattle to start using Biodiesel.

Alcoa Grows Concerned About Peak Oil
Perhaps an anecdote here, but still very interesting. Alcoa, the aluminum company, uses a huge about of energy in making their product. Their customers obviously need a great deal of energy to transform the product into whatever they are making. Energy stability is therefore key to their sustainability. The fact that a major company is interested in Peak Oil makes makes it easier for the next major company to think about the problem of energy without plentiful petroleum.

USA Today reports on Biodiesel
Under the theory that no press is bad press, this story is a good one! It talks about problems that people have been having in the cold weather. This temperature range of biodiesel is hopefuly a problem that can be solved in the near future.

An Interesting Opinion Column in the St. Petersburg Times
This column ties a bunch of biofuel threads together. It even plugs the movie Syriana. I saw that movie and I walked away not really fully getting the plot, but totally getting the message. Florida shows NO biodiesl filling stations on the NBB map. Having spent some time down there recently, it seems like they haven't even taken their first step.