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Missouri biodiesel uprising debates state's B5 madate

Posted Apr 30th 2008 at 1:46PM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: Biodiesel, Legislation and Policy, USA


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Missouri has its fair share of complicated biodiesel relationships. On the one hand, there is the side that's against the biofuel. On the other, hand we have the state's push for a biodiesel mandate of five percent. As part of that push, fifty "agricultural economists, truck drivers and petroleum specialists" (as described by KOMU) spoke about the state's B5 mandate yesterday. While some see the environmental and economic benefits of using B5, others who spoke at Holt's Summit said the mandate was unfair. One complaint is that the biofuel only gets blended in if biodiesel is cheaper than standard petroleum diesel. One reason to pay special attention to the Missouri case is that it would match the highest biodiesel mandate in the country, if implemented.

[Source: KOMU]

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Tags: b5, biodiesel, komu, missouri, missouri-biodiesel

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New biodiesel laws in Missouri and South Dakota

Posted Mar 14th 2008 at 1:04PM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: Biodiesel, Legislation and Policy, USA


Photo by Skidrd. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.

Two small updates today on the status of biodiesel in the U.S.

First, Missouri is looking at setting a biodiesel mandate of five percent, which could match the highest biodiesel mandate in the country. New Mexico will be B5 by 2012 and four other states have B2 mandates. The Missouri bill passed the first preliminary approval hurdle this week and now needs to be voted on in the state House and Senate before moving forward.

Meanwhile, in South Dakota, the Governor has signed into law a piece of legislation that drops the tax on diesel fuel by two cents a gallon if it contains at least five percent biodiesel blended in. But don't start counting your pennies just yet; the law only kicks in once South Dakota can make at least 20 million gallons of the biofuel a year.

[Source: AP, Energy Current]

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