CFDC’s Douglas Durante, Letter to the Editor, New York Times —
Kudos for providing balanced coverage of the energy bill (“As Ethanol Takes Its First Steps, Congress Proposes a Giant Leap,” Business Day, Dec. 18).
The passage of the bill could shine a light on next-generation biofuels, as Congress sets a new standard that cellulose-based ethanol makes up 21 billion gallons of the national fuel supply by 2022. This is a critical development, underscoring the importance of investing in the commercialization of the fuel, which can be produced from various biomass feedstock, like wood chips and even waste.
With skyrocketing investment in innovative technologies by private entities and the federal government underway, it’s important to embrace the elements that an ideal cellulosic technology should exhibit: low production and retail costs, ability to draw on a wide variety of feedstock, ability to cut greenhouse gas emissions and other toxic pollutants and be high-performing.
This is a pivotal time to potentially revolutionize the country’s future fueling needs.
~ Douglas A. Durante,
Executive Director of the Clean Fuels Development Coalition
The Letter to the Editor above was in response to
As Ethanol Takes Its First Steps, Congress Proposes a Giant Leap,” Business Day, Dec. 18