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Ethanol Reality in Fantasy World

The third annual Florida Farm to Fuel Summit is being held this week in the fantasy world of Orlando, Florida which was rich fodder for several of the speakers.

“This is the theme park capitol of the world, it is a city of dreams and the power of imagination,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer told the group. “As we sit here in the land of imagination and dreams, it’s up to all of us to meet the needs of the future through renewable fuels and we can change from wild imagination to realizable dreams.”

Renewable Fuels Association president Bob Dinneen told the group that opponents of ethanol have created a “fantasy world that rivals anything Walt Disney could have created.”

“The reality is, the US ethanol industry is producing both fuel and food,” Dinneen said. “I think the group that is assembled here reflects the fact that American voters understand the reality, but only if we are all doing our jobs in telling our public policy makers to continue the investment in domestic and renewable fuels.”

Florida could very well eventually become the “Renewable Fuels World” of the future. “Here in Florida, the sheer variety of agriculture really make you a state that is a great laboratory for the future,” Secretary Schafer said. “When breakthroughs come, I’m really counting on Florida to lead the way.”

He and Dinneen both commended Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson and the state legislature for their efforts to stimulate biofuels innovation with the Farm to Fuel program.