biofuel Archive

  • frog

    Gerry’s biofuel subsidy blunders - by frog



    I was aghast when Minister Brownlee stormed into office in 2008, declaring that a cost free, modest biofuel sales obligation was poor economics and bad for the market, and that it must be repealed and replaced with a subsidy. read more
    July 6, 2010 11:52 am - 12 Comments
  • frog

    When are subsidies sustainable? - by frog



    That is not a trick question, nor an economics one. The National-led government has decided that a biofuel subsidy is preferable to a sales obligation, no doubt on ideological grounds rather than economic grounds. We now have the Biodiesel Subsidy Scheme, which pays biodiesel producers in New Zealand up to 42.5 cents per litre to [...] read more
    June 16, 2009 2:10 pm - 15 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    Greens make bills available if Nats won’t - by Russel Norman



    I’ve only just realised, after enquiries with the Parliamentary Library, that even though the Nats made the bills being discussed under urgency available in printed form at about 11.35pm last night, they were not being made available in electronic form. How on earth can the public engage in the discussion if they can’t get access [...] read more
    December 11, 2008 5:06 pm - 44 Comments
  • frog

    How tough should NZ be on Biofuels? - by frog



    With the Biofuel Bill wending its way through the parliamentary process, I thought it would be good to revisit the issue of sustainable biofuels, the Green’s key requirement for support, and what it really means. Most people by now are aware of the international backlash against biofuels because of their effect on food availability and [...] read more
    June 13, 2008 9:24 am - 46 Comments
  • frog

    When blogs get bored… - by frog



    …they post a clip from Stephen Colbert. This one is on biofuels: Hat tip:Ecorazzi read more
    April 30, 2008 2:10 pm - No Comments
  • frog

    A Sustainable Biofuel Consensus - by frog



    Could there be a growing international consensus on what constitutes a sustainable biofuel? I have had a fair bit to say about it here on frogblog and Jeanette has been doing battle in the deep recesses of the corridors of power to ensure that the new Biofuel Sales Obligation Bill (BSO) doesn’t encourage shonky biofuel. [...] read more
    April 22, 2008 2:42 pm - 13 Comments
  • frog

    EU sticks to target on biofuels - by frog



    The Greens have always argued that all biofuels are not created equal, and that is why we insisted on a sustainability clause in the current BSO Bill before we would support it. The clause turned out to be a bit whimpy, but it is easily fixed now that we are at the Select Committee stage [...] read more
    April 16, 2008 7:08 pm - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Peak Oil and Food - by frog



    I’ve blogged on these topics many times before, and the relationship between the two. This week’s Peak Oil Review, published by ASPO-USA, states the relationship so clearly I won’t bother to do anything but quote it: US wheat inventories have now reached a 60-year low and wheat prices have risen by 50 percent in the [...] read more
    February 12, 2008 12:27 pm - 16 Comments