Ethanol may save farmers August 6 2002 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/05/1028157909968.html
Ten per cent of petrol would be made from ethanol under a plan put to the Federal Government by a backbench committee. The chairwoman of the coalition's sugar task force, National Party MP De-Anne Kelly, said fuel should contain 10 per cent ethanol by 2005 and climb to 20 per cent by 2010. The sugar and grains industries have been pushing to have ethanol made a mandatory component of fuel. They believe ethanol can become the basis of a new market, and reduce Australia's reliance on oil. Ms Kelly, who represents the northern Queensland seat of Dawson, said grain and cane farming communities would benefit from a legislated amount of ethanol in the fuel supply. "This is the only way in which a genuine large-scale market for ethanol can be created in Australia," she said. "Voluntary targets will not achieve a widespread use of ethanol." Ms Kelly said she expected strong opposition from "vested interests". She also said the proposal was not a cure-all for the sugar industry, which is suffering from low prices. `` ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/RN.GAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
