CAMELINA

Better a subsidy for camelina than corn and cane. Just kidding....

Grand Forks Herald: "A plant once called 'Gold of Pleasure' that flourished thousands of years ago in Europe could be a promising new crop - and source of energy - for farmers in the arid High Plains."

Ethonol from Phillipeans

As ethonol demand grows it becomes profitable to increase sugarcane acerage in various parts of the world. Still in the longrun, the required investment in sugar mills, may eventually need to go dark or to process sugar again when a better source of ethonol is found. In the meantime


"Quezon City (1 September) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has already validated a total of 60,250 hectares of new sugarcane areas that can produce a combined 274 million liters of bioethanol, which is more than enough to meet the requirement under the Biofuels Act on the blending of crop-based alternative fuels with gasoline by 2009. "

Finally - Something Other Than Gasoline

Dow and Crystalsev Announce Plans to Make Polyethylene from Sugar Cane in Brazil:

There may be more hope than ever that we will get over the need to support sugar prices abd imports.

"The Dow Chemical Company, the world's largest producer of polyethylene, and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol players have announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane.The Dow Chemical Company, the world's largest producer of polyethylene, and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol players have announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane."