We’d like to encourage you to take our first ever (maybe annual) Domestic Fuel Survey. There’s only about 12 easy questions so it will only take a minute and we’d really appreciate your participation. Our supporters would just like to get a better idea of who our readers and subscribers are and we want to provide you with another opportunity for feedback so we can further develop the site.
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Domestic Fuel is about as open a source of industry news and information as you’re going to find. We don’t ask you to fill out cards on an annual basis to keep your subscription current, etc. However, the companies and organizations that support us really want some demographic data we can’t provide any other way. It’s really important to us that you take just a few moments sometime over the next month to fill out a survey form.
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Wisconsin’s governor is proposing an aggressive plan to make his state a leader in renewable energy.
Blunt recently announced proposals for $2 million in tax incentives for retailers who install E-85 ethanol pumps and a statewide five percent biodiesel standard.
North Dakota State University and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service are working on ways to convert cropland to biomass production for energy use. 
The move is being applauded by the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association in 
“Over the next few weeks biodiesel will be put to the ultimate extreme cold weather iron man test,” said Gordon Quaiattini, President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. “We are confident these tests will confirm adverse condition tests in the USA and Europe, and will reconfirm biodiesel as a viable tool in diversifying our energy supply and reducing green house gases.”
The first large-scale ethanol plant in Texas opened this week in Hereford. 
ESPN’s Winter X Games 12 is set to begin on Wednesday, and organizers say, despite the mountains of snow, it will be greener than ever. It’s not global warming taking its toll… it’s green fuel.
You can catch all of the action January 24-27 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado on ESPN. Click 
Dan Goodman is preaching, and his disciples are students who spread the word even further. But he’s not a minister at a pulpit. He has a non-profit venture called Biodiesel University that gives students hands-on experience producing the renewable fuel, while educating consumers on the benefits of biodiesel.
“Although our title is Biodiesel University, the lessons in general should be about environmental stewardship and getting kids excited about the environment and technology. It’s unusual that a school would be able to afford or get to have a lot of industrial-grade cutting edge stuff at the school.”
Among the investors is Andy Blunt, pictured in the AP photo with his brother Gov. Matt Blunt. So far, he is holding on to his shares as plant officials try to negotiate a compromise with State Treasurer Sarah Steelman. State Rep. John Quinn of Chillicothe also owns shares in the plant and he believes the treasurer’s office should relax its policy, perhaps allowing up to 5 percent of investors to have political connections.