Chipotle Mexican Grill just released their quarterly profits --- a gigante 44.7% increase in net income of over $35,000,000! That's bigger than their calorie-busting fajita burritos!Chipotle posted their bigger-than-expected profit gain to the surprise of many Wall Street analysts. Although a once-darling of the street, recent economic times has taken a toll. The startling increase was helped by their recent menu price increases, more "efficient labor staffing" (think "do more with less") ... Read Full Story

Chipotle Mexican Grill just released their quarterly profits --- a gigante 44.7% increase in net income of over $35,000,000! That's bigger than their calorie-busting fajita burritos!Chipotle posted their bigger-than-expected profit gain to the surprise of many Wall Street analysts. Although a once-darling of the street, recent economic times has taken a toll. The startling increase was helped by their recent menu price increases, more "efficient labor staffing" (think "do more with less") ... Read Full Story

As the summer driving season kicks into high-gear, Americans will be burning oil---polluting, dirty foreign oil to be exact. But if you're on a "staycation", log onto the new fun Barrel Blaster game provided by the American Coalition for Ethanol.The game's simple to play: “Greentown is being overrun by marauding hordes of oil” - and it’s up to you to save the city by shooting down oil barrels when they come on-screen with your weapons - “ethanol zappers.”You choose to play between various fo... Read Full Story

The U.S. Postal Service will add 1,000 E-85 ethanol-capable and 900 gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles to its delivery fleet, part of a vehicle purchase by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).At nearly 220,000, the Postal Service operates and maintains the largest civilian fleet in the country. The 1,900 vehicles from GSA will bring the total number of alternate fuel-capable vehicles in the Postal Service fleet to more than 43,000.“With our fleet traveling more than 1.2 billion mil... Read Full Story

With the disputed Minnesota senate seat finally decided, it's good to see that the incoming senator, Al Franken supports ethanol and renewable energy.In this MN Post article, Franken shared his thoughts on the Climate Change bill and its strong ethanol components:"What we're talking about here is the science of how ethanol affects our carbon footprint," Franken said. "The science to me tells me it helps. I've looked at this a lot, and it seems to me that ethanol already helps our carbon footp... Read Full Story

An informative new video that explains why ethanol is not to blame for the increase in food prices.Also two other videos in this new series:Indirect Land Use and why it is controversialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5OI0HItlTk&feature=channelWill corn crop meet demand of both food and fuel?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZ9qhJqQCw&feature=channel READ MORESenate Finds Cause for Higher Food PricesBig Food Fight Finally FeaturedSenator Grassley Responds to Ethanol Smear CampaignCampbe... Read Full Story

Did your pizza and PB&J sandwich really cost more because of ethanol?No.A US Senate subcommittee, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations headed by Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), has released a report finding that market speculation led to rising commodity prices last year.Despite Big Food's attempt to blame rising food costs on corn ethanol, this new report confirms the cause for the rapid increase in the price of wheat. Followers of the food and fuel issue will recall that Big Food a... Read Full Story

Finding E85 fuel is easier with the new mobile fuel station finder from the Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicle Center.Just visit http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/locator/m/station/ from your mobile phone to search for E85 Ethanol and other alternative fuel stations.The Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center provides a wide range of information and resources to enable the use of alternative fuels.This site joins the existing Near 85 site, http://www.neare85.com/ in providin... Read Full Story

US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu gave support for all new automobiles to be able to use E85 ethanol-blended fuel. Chu gave his support for E85 Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFV) during a trip to Des Moines on Monday:“I’ve been told it costs about $100 in gaskets and fuel lines to turn a car so that it can go all the way to E85,” said Chu. “But a new car , it would only cost $100 out of $15,000. Wouldn’t it be nice to put in those fuel lines and gaskets so that we can use any ratio we wanted. It’s just... Read Full Story

Big Lies are paying off for the Big Food companies.Last year Big Food companies like Kraft Foods launched an all-out attack against biofuels. Through the Grocery Manufactures Association, the food industry leaders hired well-placed DC lobbyists and public relations firms to spew falsely that corn for ethanol was the major factor in food price increases.And the major media just ate it all up: It must be ethanol that causes higher food prices.We of course know the truth---corn for ethanol repr... Read Full Story