Ethanol Song & Statistics

Chuck Zimmerman

Bob DinneenWhat a great week of biofuels blogging this has been. The National Ethanol Conference is now over and saying goodbye was RFA President/CEO, Bob Dinneen. One of the last things he did was play a video (I’ll try to get a copy) supplied by Ron Fagen, Fagen, Inc. It’s actually a music video so when you listen just imagine what pictures go with it. I’m guessing the song is titled, “I Love Ethanol.” It starts out with a little bit of IRL race car sound so give it a few seconds to develop.

Listen to the song here (5 min): nec-07-love-ethanol.mp3

The RFA released a new economic analysis on the impact of the U.S. ethanol industry today which I thought you might want to read. The report shows that in 2006 the industry is providing the federal government with a sound return on its investment. According to the analysis, ‘Contribution of the Ethanol Industry to the Economy of the United States,’ (pdf file) the federal government received tax revenues of $2.7 billion simply from the construction and operation of ethanol biorefineries. The tax revenue generated exceeded the amount of money the federal government provided in tax incentives to oil refiners who use ethanol.

Don’t forget that you can see all my photos from the Conference with this link: 2007 National Ethanol Conference Photo Album. If you haven’t checked it out, then you can see a lot more at the National Ethanol Conference Blog. Let me know what you think about having a conference blog. This is one of several that I’ve worked on now. How about bringing in the pioneers to do it for you?

Audio, Ethanol