Opinion: Secretaries give words of caution as delegates push for biofuels

The Daily Republic (Mitchell, SD)
Denise Ross The Daily Republic
Published Saturday, January 17, 2009

With the Obama administration on the brink of taking the reins, cabinet confirmation hearings have kept the nation’s senators hopping. When South Dakota’s senators questioned nominees to lead the agriculture and energy departments, talk of renewable energy was the order of the day.
In both cases, our senators wanted to talk about increasing the ethanol blend in gasoline above the current standard of 10 percent.

Agriculture Secretary-designee Tom Vilsack and Energy Secretary-designee Steven Chu had different answers, but neither got out the bullhorns and confetti to cheerlead higher ethanol blends.

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