Ethanol boom fuels prosperity in rural America
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NEVADA, Iowa  - Like many small business owners, Jim Axline has had good months and bad months.
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By DEB RIECHMANN SAO PAULO, Brazil - At a mega fuel depot for tanker trucks, President Bush heralded a new ethanol agreement with Brazil Friday as way to boost alternative fuels production across the Americas.
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So far much of the talk has centered around the higher fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks. But lost in the dialogue are measures to increase ethanol production by a huge amount.
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Scouring remote regions for plants, oils and extracts can yield cures â and big profits â for pharmaceutical companies and indigenous tribes.
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Rather than a help toward energy independence, Big Oil and ethanol could be roadblocks.
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Willie Nelson's new Mercedes has never had a drop of gas in it, but it drives as well as any car he's ever had. So, he wonders, why aren't foreclosed family farms in the United States being used to grow soy, corn and other vegetables for environmentally friendly fuels?
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NEW ENGLAND'S rivers, abundant forests, and whaling industry once made it rich in energy, but for more than a century the region has suffered from being at the end of supply lines for coal, natural gas, and oil. Now an alternative source of energy, grain-based biofuels, is emerging, and once again New England seems to be at a geographic disadvantage. ...
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Chemists in the United States say they have broken new ground in biofuels, transforming plant sugar into a liquid fuel that packs 40-percent more energy than ethanol and appears to have fewer of its drawbacks.
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Brad Beldon bought a 2007   flexible-fuel Chevrolet Suburban that runs on either gasoline   or a mostly ethanol fuel blend, thinking it would be good for   the environment.
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Hay and beans have fueled this rural economy for years. But it's fiber of another kind that city leaders believe is key to Powell's future.
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Scientists have long known how to turn trees into ethanol, but doing it profitably is another matter. So a wave of public and private funding is pouring into research labs, and venture capitalists have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in cellulosic-technology startups.
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New research shows that prairie grasses grown using only moderate amounts of fertilizer on marginal land can produce significant amounts of ethanol
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Brazil's sugar cane provides the ethanol that fuels eight out of every 10 new Brazilian cars. Bush wants an alliance with the planet's undisputed renewable energy leader. By the Associated Press.
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Mobile firms turn to biodiesel to generate power for their  networks in unconnected, rural India.
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Demand for ethanol has been a boon for corn farmers and small production plants, but DuPont wants to bring in a billion bucks from improving ethanol efficiency. Plus: Car buyers still vote  SUVs most popular. In Autopia.
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By RICK BARRETT  A simple sugar found in fruit and a variety of other sources could be converted to fuel for cars and trucks.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 19--A $590,000 federal grant will help pay for new ethanol and biodiesel pumps in the Charlotte region, expanding availability of the alternative fuels.