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Sunday, March 02, 2008 |
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Special
Report: Biofuels:
bane or boon?
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Scientists denounce gas emissions, soil damage |
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Push for wealth in
biofuels
raises fears, warnings |
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by Rene Q. Bas Editor in Chief
The government is now on high
gear in the drive to save on import dollars and create millions of
rural jobs by the production of biofuels.
In 2008 the share of the National
Biofuels Board (NBB) in the P3.6-billion budget of the Department of
Energy (DOE) will be P90 million.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Agriculture gears
up for massive biofuels production
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At least 70 million liters of
additive from coconut for diesel fuel will be needed to comply with
the Biofuels Act, which requires a 1-percent biofuel blend for
diesel and goes into operation in 2009.
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Palace, PNOC bat
for jatropha but DA prefers traditional crops
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To jumpstart its biofuels program
for the country, Malacañang directed the Philippine National Oil
Company-Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC) to take the lead in
developing “green” sources of fuel.
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Oil companies must
first import ethanol
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Next year, the Biofuels Act and
the government’s biofuels program will go into full operation.
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Biofuels thrust
seen as threat to food security
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Rice farmers get a subsidy from
the government. But if planting their land to biofuel crops will
give them very much more than their per-season income of P20,000 to
P40,000 per hectare,...
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