Sentences with phrase «ethanol subsidies once»
Ethanol subsidies once included a high tariff and generous tax credits, both of which expired at the end of 2011.
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The fifth point is that no coherent justification has ever been given for ethanol subsidies or mandates once its pollution and CO2 - emission reduction claims were exploded.
«Still, our company now produces and blends ethanol, because while we would prefer that there be no government mandates or subsidies, once such laws are in place we will comply with them.
Regardless, dropping ethanol subsidies is probably a smart idea — corn ethanol is a huge water and energy suck, some speculate its production has led to food shortages, and is generally far from the fuel of the future it was once hoped to be.
A measure that would remove roughly $ 6 billion in annual ethanol subsidies just passed the U.S. Senate, signaling, among other things, a shift in public attitude towards the once - heralded alternative fuel.