Biofuels production plays to U.S. strengths

Southwest Farm Press
Sep 18, 2008 10:24 AM
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Adding biofuels as a significant part of the U.S. energy equation “plays to America’s strengths,” says David Fleischaker, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy.
Fleischaker, keynote luncheon speaker at the recent International Conference on Sorghum for Biofuel in Houston, said renewable energy should be part of the country’s solution to energy security. He offered reasons biofuels will:

• Reduce dependence on foreign oil.
• Reduce funding for terrorist organizations
• Revitalize the world economy, and
• Enhance our environmental profile.

He said the United States is not among the leaders in oil reserves but is a leader in biomass production. “We have an enormous potential resource,” Fleischaker said. “Our challenge it to put it to work in a sustainable fashion.”

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