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Drillers vs. Distillers: Ethanol Motor Fuels Should Compete in a Free Market

Gabe Collins, “Drillers vs. Distillers: Ethanol Motor Fuels Should Compete in a Free Market,”,” China Oil Trader™, No. 13 (29 March 2013). It’s time to end the Renewable Fuel Standard, which along other things, mandates that a specified volume of ethanol be included in the U.S. motor gasoline supply. The continuing rapid rise in U.S. […]

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Battery Maker A123’s Bankruptcy Should Help “Charge Up” Global Oil Markets

Battery Maker A123’s Bankruptcy Should Help “Charge Up” Global Oil Markets Gabe Collins, “Battery Maker A123’s Bankruptcy Should Help “Charge Up” Global Oil Markets,” China Oil Trader™, No. 7 (16 October 2012). CHINA’S OIL & GAS SECTOR FROM WELLHEAD TO CONSUMER What has happened A123 Systems Inc. (“A123”), which makes lithium ion batteries for electric […]

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Oil From the Bakken and Eagle Ford Shales Can Enhance Global Food Security

Gabe Collins, “Oil From the Bakken and Eagle Ford Shales Can Enhance Global Food Security,” China Oil Trader™, No. 6 (27 August 2012). CHINA’S OIL & GAS SECTOR FROM WELLHEAD TO CONSUMER End or reduce the ethanol mandate, make ethanol producers compete on price for their share of the gasoline market, and free up corn supplies by […]

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