Opinion: Biofuels are a long-term renewable solution

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By SEN. JOHN THUNE | 7/13/09 4:31 AM EDT

As Congress, the administration and the private sector look for ways to reduce our consumption of imported oil, we should not overlook the most readily available domestic alternative to imported oil: biofuels. The development of the biofuels industry has created jobs across the nation and given agricultural producers new, reliable crop markets, while decreasing our demand for fossil fuels.

Biofuels can be an even more significant part of our long-term energy strategy if Congress and the Obama administration embrace some common-sense proposals.

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