Category Archives: Ethanol
National food strategy rooted in Elgin
Posted by Ian: With no clearly defined picture as to what Canada’s agri-industry should look like in the coming decades, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is taking a lead role in devising a national food strategy. OFA vice-president Mark Wales, … Continue reading
Aylmer IGPC ethanol plant provides economic benefits
Construction of the Alymer-based Integrated Grain Processors Co-op Inc. ethanol plant began in mid-2007. The facility has been operational since Oct. 1, 2008. In addition to producing 162 million liters (43 million gallons) of corn-based ethanol annually, the plant also … Continue reading
Filed under Agri-business, Canadian economy, Canadian employment, Elgin county, Ethanol
Ethanol subsidies a useless boondoggle
Ethanol is the gift that keeps on giving – but only to corn-growers and opportunistic automakers. For taxpayers, however, it’s a dream that failed and a rat-hole down which our governments keep pouring our tax money. This useless boondoggle must … Continue reading
Suncor rekindles expansion of Sarnia ethanol plant
Suncor Energy Inc (SU.TO) said on Friday it has revived plans for a C$120 million ($111 million) expansion of its Sarnia, Ontario, ethanol plant in another sign the chill in energy investments is easing. Suncor said the project would double … Continue reading
Filed under Ethanol
Environmental impact of ethanol fuel overstated, government warned
Ottawa’s push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions nor will it, says a government briefing note prepared for Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt and obtained by Canwest News … Continue reading
Ethanol cooperative chair challenges report
Ethanol production has increased the availability of corn in Ontario says Tom Cox chair of the Integrated Grain Processors Cooperative, which operates an ethanol plant in Aylmer, Ontario. This, in response to a report from the George Morris Centre entitled … Continue reading
Filed under Agri-business, Ethanol
Ethanol undermines Canada hog farm rescue
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Canada’s rescue plan of the hog industry will fail to save it because the government continues to support ethanol production, the industry’s rival for feed grain supplies, a report by an independent farm research … Continue reading
Filed under Agri-business, Ethanol, Federal politics
Suzanne van Bommel will not seek Liberal nod in Elgin-Middlesex-London
BELMONT – The next federal election ballot will not feature the name Suzanne van Bommel on it. The past federal Liberal candidate, van Bommel has made it known that she will not be seeking the nomination for the riding of … Continue reading
Filed under Ethanol, Federal politics
Ethanol worries
The point here is that ethanol can be a big problem for engines, engine systems, certain types of fuel tanks and fuel lines. So as governments, ethanol producers and various proponents promote efforts to increase the amount of ethanol in … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental sustainability, Ethanol, Federal politics
