[Marxism] China to Prohibit Food for Fuel Production

["Walter Lippmann" <walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

China to Prohibit Food for Fuel Production

BEIJING, June 11.- China has ruled out the production of ethanol from
food crops, said Xu Dingming, deputy director of the National Energy
Group, on Monday.

The official said a food crop based ethanol fuel program will not be
the path to meet China's energy needs.

Starting today, China will not approve any project to produce fuel
with food, said another official at the State Development and Reform
Commission, reported Prensa Latina.

The current four enterprises engaged in producing corn-based ethanol
will be asked to gradually switch to non-food raw materials.

The Oil and Food Corporation, based in Heilongjiang, is already
taking steps to produce ethanol from cellulose by way of enzymes from
Denmark that achieve that aim economically for large-scale
operations.


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