and the at the story there it's american tax dollars that are funding this that are funding this biofuel business and allows it to thrive i mean how is that able to happen well this is been this is been a real outrage and of course the policy comes from from the bush administration but obama has has not put an end to it until recently and it's just been so outrageous that this whole notion of the bio fuel subsidy that what we've been seeing are these bizarrely strange bedfellows which is you have the conservation is and the environment's environmentalist and the energy people actually holding hands and singing kumbaya with the c.e.o.'s of tyson and domino's pizza because all of them are saying this is absurd this is ridiculous it's driving up the cost of our basic ingredients it's not allowing risk management for global grain and it's been a disaster and so now that those subsidies have been taken away united states citizens are still paying for it we're just paying for it in a different way at the gas tank well you know this seems to be yet another example of some of the outrage we've s

they have a signed contract to supply united 20 million gallons of biofuel. that is 1% of the fuel production but ramping up for large scale production. >> we are designing plants so they will be operational by the end of 2013. we're going to have those plants multiple plants all over the globe. >> it has the potential to reduce carbon emissions by 80%. it will depend on oil prices. jet fuel costs 3.11. they expect biofuel will be 3.44. skairlines airlines is launching a similar process. ska >> ska airlines say they have bought enough to fuel 75 planes over the next two or three weeks. >> airports are embracing the move to biofuel. >> they are in the business of burning fuel to move you from here to there. the more efficient they can do it the better off we all our. >> the choice of houston for inaugural flight sends a message. >> we're definitely there. we're here to stay. >> david louie "abc 7 news." >> there are approximately 2 million military veterans in california. many the g.i. bill to pay for a college education. we looked at the university. >> they a

now we are learning that they are slapping fines on companies for not using a biofuel that doesn't exist. should job creators worry. i am cheryl casoiny on. welcome to cashing in. we have pay and also joining us this week is sally cone. and welcome to all of you and we want to start with you. the new epa power grab will short circuit job recovery. what is the connection, wane. it is not whether it is good or bad. it is the something that doesn't exit. they are so voted with power. they are dictating to the private sector. you have to do this or we will fine you in excess of 6 million. whatever the number is. it is outrageous. >> 6.8 million and fines that are leveled in 2011 for a biofuel that doesn't doesn't exist. they love animals and they hate people. and that's who they are hurting here. it is absurd and passing regulations like that that people can't comply with. it shows the degenerate nature of the trea. they punish those who want to use fossil fuels. >> i am surcould you say if they should be cog niwrant and how they enforce them or not because you do have high unemloyment right

bay area base solar design focus on biofuel research that led to unexpected discovery.ential cosmetic breakthroug breakthrough. business technology all righter david has the story now from south san francisco. >>reporter: sometimes the best discovery coming out of research are the ones you don't expect. >> we didn't ever intend really to get into skin care but while researching this algae we stumbled upon an incredible compound. >>reporter: that compound is this acid shown in a test tube. while algae turns green from clear fill absorbing natural daylight this the acid acts to protect the or shield the algae from hostile environment. this company that makes biofuel from algae discovered it also firms up an inhanss aging skin. >> this is a complex that i put together of 3 very powerful protein and very powerful pep tide that go to work at addressing the losses in skin protein as we age that lead to a loss of firmness in the elastic in the skin. >>reporter: new line of skin care product created an unexpected revenue stream to compliment the biofuel research work. they are

a biofuel that doesn't exist.reg, isn't this like the government saying every family needs a stegasaurus? something that doesn't exist. if you don't, you pay money in fines. >> greg: this is a key difference between mitt romney and president obama. one protects incompetence and one who fires them. these are green jobs that don't exist. replacing the real jobs that should. i.e., we go for a pipe dream instead of an actual pipe. >> dana: that speech that president obama gave is one of the things that every cabinet secretary wants the president whoever it is to come to their agency to make them feel good. that speech that he cave, you can insert any agency name, he will make the circuit around. we're proud of you, we're better off because of you. i note, maybe they had it planned all along. but the visit to e.p.a. was added to the schedule on monday. after the supreme court justices heard their case about the wetlands thing we talked about on monday that bob led us on. and i think partly that was because they probabl

and one of them is what is called second-generation biofuel where you're making biofuels not from foodstuffs but from april through waste and other things around in things like that. that was really kind of ontario for five years ago. it doesn't get as much attention, but those efforts continue. where my brake shoes come from could well come with the intensification of effort from these second-generation these second-generation biofuels. you know, easy biologists now, part of the energy business ten years ago biology was not really part of the energy business. it's part of what i call in the book the great bubbling of innovation. >> the other thing that i found interesting about ethanol is that and correct me if i'm wrong or misleading and all, but it seems to be a success, right? it seems to be getting a foothold because of government policy that has made it successful. i found that really interesting because there is a manipulation of the market going on to make ethanol bigger share of the with the law cars with the was excepted, where as this is today in washington to be a push to have th

pioneering work in biofuels. that's some of the work people are really excited about now. this is people who are going to figure out how we can run or cars on plants one day. >> battery technology? >> they do a lot of battery technology. it's cutting-edge national research lab not connected to the weapons research. there's always a lot of confusion. lawrence berkeley is very much the renewable energy, physics lab. >> the cities that wanted this lab, richmond came out ahead which was great. i was surprised to see people in albany mounting protest. what would be the downside of having a lab like that in your city? >> in albany, that has long been a very controversial piece of land. for zoning reasons it's a place where you would have to pass a ballot measure in order to get approval to build there. there's a racetrack there that a lot of people have sentimental attachment to. people would rather not be running a racetrack in albany. it's more land than they need, more seats than they need, that industry is struggling which is why they invited lawrence berkeley to get sited t

. >> the joint venture announced this week for advanced biofuels. the next generation biofuels.take away from food crop production. just explain that. >> yeah. the biofuels to a large degree use a component, a food component of the long debate with about food versus fuel. we should not be going into that debate but, anyway, what we now do for the first time in the world, we build a big factory using the waste component of food and convert that into fuels and, therefore, we change this whole food/fuel debate in a food and fuel debate, and i think we will need -- >> i've always been wary of b biofuels because it takes away from food production. if you stop in that, that is, i think, probably a major -- thanks very much indeed for joining us, feike. thank you very much, gerald that debate is coming up shortly on cnbc. time to update you on what's happening with global markets, christine. >>> and i'll do that, indeed, ross. here in asia holding pretty much steady. trade was cautious ahead of the u.s. gdp data. the outcome of the greek debt talks is keeping investors cautious. the ni

biofuels. the navy has signed a big biofuel contract which is good for the environment. lockheed martin getting even bigger. they just acquired a company that specializes in autopilot another unmanned aerial systems . investors getting quarterly results from a number of companies including goldman sachs this morning. also the latest on inflation from the labor department. bullish reports on the u.s. and german economies. the bloomberg maryland index just a bit higher. i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> 6:21. 40 degrees on tv hill. high winds are making driving tricky this morning. >> strong words from the ravens defense. keith mills has more. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. not a lot to talk about this morning. no delays to report. tapping the brakes of the west side outer loop as you make your way past liberty. moving well on the north side. 95 is problem free. 52 and southbound 97. this is the northwest corner

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. >> solve problem problems, making biofuel, curing cancer. >> reporter: a study is to begin immediately. it is to be called the lawrence berkeley national laboratory bay campus. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> prosecutors say a gang member shot and killed a father and his two suns in a mistaken identity gang shooting. opening arguments began today. prosecutors say he is responsible for a 2008 drive-by shooting in san francisco that left three dead. >> there is a lot of evidence that will be presented, hundred plus witnesses, testimony, pictures. >> his attorney told the jury he was the driver and that another man was the shooter. >>> in san jose, police revealed new information about the kidnapping of a 11-year-old girl from san jose. that girl was sexual assaulted and the suspect's weapon was a fake. >> it is designed to look and function like a fire arm. it ejects casings. there is a muzzle flash. >> that suspect tri truong le was shot and killed by police. authorities say he had a restraining order from a previous relationship. the girl is traumatized by her ord

this kind of stuff like paper, cardboard waste into land fills, where there could be turned into biofuels, perhaps in the future. >> developers say the strain of e. coli is too tame to pose any disease risk, but they add more work needs to be done to make the process more efficient and use it on a large scale. >> in this morning's consumer alert, as the cold weather moves in, the consumer product safety commission is issuing a reminder about a recall on some heating products sold at wal-mart. the flow pro air tech aloha breeze and comfort 1500 block watt essentials were all sold at wal-mart, were all covered under recalls issued last year. lasco portable heaters also made the recall list. any of these heating products can pose a fire hazard. the price to play powerball just went up. powerball organizers are doubling the price of tickets to $2. they say they hope the move will draw in more players with the promise of bigger payoffs. the price hike is also meant to distinguish the powerball from the other multistate lottery mega millions. you can still get your powerball tickets at their or

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generators would only be used during events, and air pollution emissions would be reduced but the use of biofuels as -- there may be some temporary inconvenience at times, and we do recognize that. the national park service does monitor access, and the code is restricted to non motorized vehicles -- the code -- cove is restricted. some could not be done under project levels. the eir does analyze long-term development and the conceptual level, not at a project-specific level, and it provides a broad sweep of mitigation levels. the analysis is insufficient detail to support the discretionary as envisioned in the host and then you -- and venue agreement. the analysis will be required for all development projects, whether they be eir or other. and we do not know what kind of an apartment to a document that would be until we know what the project would be. spectator boats, eir does not support a reduced number of spectator boats. the draft eir numbers for the spectator boats were based on preliminary informal estimates from race organizers but not on actual counts. we do have people here who could spe

they, too, are interested in having 50% of their fuel supply over time being met by biofuel. why?ne, because of the security aspect of it. they are not as interested just in the way the navy is of not being reliant on a foreign source of energy and, two, they believe that it will put them in a better position to meet the greenhouse gas restrictions that other countries -- particularly in europe -- are currently imposing on air transportation. so it's in their best long-term interests to see this industry take hold. these biorefineries can be located anywhere, so as cities are looking at economic opportunity, as they're looking at their region that they are sort of the center of, they ought to give some conversation to working with their economic development officials in the counties surrounding them to see whether or not it's feasible to potentially be one of the locations of these three or pour or five biorefineries that we hope to be able to finance. in addition, we are also heavily engaged in promoting what we refer to as the biobased economy. because not only fuel and energy c

i also favor the development of biofuels. in 1984, some of you were old enough to remember i voted for something called gasahol which ronald reagan signed as part of our national security energy program. in 1986, it had been renamed ethanol and i signed it again and in 1998, when big oil tried to kill it, chuck grassy said i was the one person who saved ethanol from being killed by big oil. the reason is really simple. if i have to choose between paying $1 billion to iran or $1 billion to iowa, i will pick iowa every time. [cheers and applause] and if i have to choose between paying $1 billion to saudi arabia or south dakota, i'll pick south dakota every time. so that's how i would start the economy. em. yes. >> the president doesn't do the things by himself. we don't elect just a president, but a presidential team. can you give us some examples of who would be on your team? >> well, the question was the presidents don't do things by themselves but they have a team. actually it's deeper than that. we need to run a republican

superhighway where we demonstrate the latest and greatest in hydrogen technology, electric technology, biofuel technology, natural gas technology, clean diesel technology. so if you're a policymaker and given all the corporate discussion of fuel requirements, you definitely want to be here at the d.c. auto show. >> for the general public, what is the purpose of an auto show? >> entertainment, to take a look at the new cars, maybe shop for a new car as well. bring your kids. we have a wonderful time. a lot of activities for children down here. but also educational. go to that advanced technology superhighway and 65,000 square feet, the largest of any show in the entire world. they can learn more about where our industry is going and what we're doing to make a better planet. >> so for planning purposes, how long does it take to put these several days together? >> the whole year. the moment the show finishes, we're already working on the next year. >> tell us a little bit what to expect in the next 30 seconds or so for those in the area who might want to come? >> come down the show right here. yo

here is the thing, that biofuel doesn't exist.cifically fining companies for. >> hey, eric. thanks for having me. as opposed to traditional ethanol, made from corn, the sugars in corn, this would be made from cellulose, found in all kind of plant life, twigs, peanut shell, whatever. but the technology to maketh knoll out of cellulose is not commercially viable yet. >> eric: very familiar, 23 years in the oil industry, even ethanol, let's talk about ethanol for a second, is that a true substitute for gasoline? even when they blend it, we run into a lot of problem, do we not? >> we do, because ethanol, as you know, absorbs water. as you raise the percentage of ethanol and gasoline, it affects the gaskets, seals, rubber, all those things in your engine tremendously. and there is also -- it's a trade-off. you get certain types of pollution when you use ethanol that you don't when you use gasoline. >> eric: sure. so now the government wants us to use ethanol. they want us to use the other blend. but when we don't blend our fuels with i

and protecting israel from its oil rich rivals by having it as biofuel with ten time the energy density per acre than corn, alcohol preventing further balance of trade deficit and dollar dilution. >> wow that, was certainly a long list. perhaps you should work for his campaign. that was quite a litany of things. i have, again, been surprised that congressman paul elected not to campaign here over the last ten days. there are certainly republicans in florida who are advocates of congressman paul or at least components of his message on the deficit, on the federal reserve, areas of concerns with respect to the economy. there are a lot of republicans, even those who perhaps have not supported him who agree with his message. and so, again, i'm surprised that he has not campaigned here. that may impact his turnout. it may impact how many republicans he is actually able to get to go to the polls today to support him. but i think you will see support for congressman paul just not in the numbers necessary to win the primary here. >> sally bradshaw, let's look at an e-mail that came in. a new pu

he talked about biofuels and encouraging grocery stores to sell locally-grown food. he was introduced by the mayor of santa ana, california. >> i was speaking to him a few moments ago, and he was mayor for five years of pleasant, iowa, i believe it was, mount pleasant, iowa. and i think once you're a mayor, you're always a mayor, you know? you kind of go around cities, and you're looking at streets, and you're looking at stores and residential neighborhoods and all that. but, so he is, you know, now secretary of agriculture, and they gave me a little bit of literature, and i just want to read one thing, and i want to turn it over to him so he can make remarks, and then i want this to be a dialogue to where we have a little bit of a question and answer and talk to him about some of the things that we're doing. but one thing in particular is that he entered into a partnership with the department of energy and the u.s. navy to invest up to $510 million during the next three years to produce advanced drop in aviation marine biofuels to power the military and commercial t

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>>reporter: research at the lab will focus on life science, biofuel, genetic and cancer research.chool job with community of 15.1% unemploymen unemployment. hope the new lab will generate construction jobs for the 400,000 square foot campus and richmond hot spot for new business and start up catering to the more than 800 employees slateed to work here. >> i know what time it is. >>reporter: bill baker lived in richmond for 20 years and doubts about how the new facility will help those who call this town home. >> 9 times out of 10 the people in these areas will not get the jobs. >>reporter: they have 4 years to try new things and see if it is possible to make everyone happy l. this is 7 news. >> more to bring you on the news at 9:00. ruling from the u.s. supreme court on the power of police to slap a gps on your car. >> also local man tells what happened to him in that regard. stay with us. we'll be righ sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. caro

from oklahoma to the gulf of mexico as we set higher standards for cars and trucks and invest in biofuels and natural gas if a way that benefits american workers and businesses without risking the health and safety of the american people and the environment." with that said we turn back to james, the republicans have said what the republican called arbitrary deadline has been set by the republicans, and the president says he wanted to wait and republicans point out he wanted to wait until after the election was over. help us, james. >>reporter: the core issue is that the obama administration wanted to give some more time so that the pipeline could potentially be rerouted so it would not affect a particular aquifer letted in nebraska and the legislation did not make reference to nebraska but would force the president to make a yes-or-no decision on the pipeline by february 21st. nebraska would have had unlimited time to study alternate routes. right now this is going to be an issue on the campaign trail and we have heard response from a number of the republican candidates for president, no

invest in solar and wind and biofuels. >> government support is critical in getting new ideas off the ground. >> the president needs to "wick -- wake up." when president obama or biden show up and loan money to an energy plant, that company is bankrupt. >> kiss of death. and 80 percent of the department of energy loans $80 billion, went to donors of obama and 11 more companies totaling $6.5 billion are on the verge of bankruptcy similar to what we find with ender one. what obama is doing is trying to force, classic government, the more the plans fail, the more the planners fail. the fact that solar is only 1 percent of electricity does not stop them from putting money in, this latest, it makes the battery for the volt, another example of them trying to "juice" the market with their ideology but it is failing. >> part of the problem, solyndra lost $353 million and we found out a big investor in solyndra was a bundler for the obama administration and now this company will take down $118 million of taxpayer money. are there any junior -- major dough bomb -- josh -- major obama donors? >>

he wanders off and supports tax credit for biofuels and hydrogen cars and stuff like that. and there are things like that that he does that kind of makes you wonder okay, if he gets into office, is he going to start pushing through a cap and trade program? >> bill: i'm for tax credits for alternative energy if it has promise. that's a good thing for the nation. i don't think americans are against that. >> yeah. right, well, bill. let's not forget, yesterday in florida. i believe in sarasota. 4200 people showed up to see gingrich. >> that doesn't mean anything, because miller and i, me alone i sold out. >> people lively down there. they want to see. >> they want fun. that's true. he had some mojo going. romney has picked up a lot in the polls because he had a great debate performance and going on the offense. >> i think florida is a totally different situation in south carolina. let me run these names down. chris christie hammers, hammers newt gingrich. george will, elliott abrams. -- >> i know they -- i understand they don't like him. they are not endorsing anyone in this r

strategy that is producing our own oil and natural gas, but we've got to develop wind and solar and biofuels. and that is good for our economy. it creates jobs. but it's also good for our environment. it's also makes sure that this planet is sustainable. that's part of the future that you deserve. we subsidized oil companies for a century. that's long enough. congress needs to stop giving taxpayer dollars to an oil industry that's never been more profitable and double down on a clean energy future that's never been more promising! i don't want to seed the wind or the solar r or battery industry to china or germany because we were too timid. we didn't have the imagination to make the same commitment here and i want those jobs created here in the united states of america. and i also want us to think about energy efficiency. making sure, we've doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars. part of detroit coming back is creating more fuel efficient cars here in michigan. and more fuel efficient trucks and we've got to revamp our buildings to make them more fuel efficient. if we are focused on this,

they recycle it and use it for biofuel or animal feed. and everybody's happy.s is what's going on. in the middle of the night, thieves are coming around, sucking out the used grease, selling it on the down low to recyclers. the grease haulers, they are not getting any money. the restaurants, they are not getting any money. the thieves, they're getting the money. by phone, we talked to one grease hauler who says he has lost more than $100,000 this year. they asked us not to identify them by name. >> opportunistic people with very low moral integrity and following do anything to survive, i guess. >> reporter: here at lenny's, angela says they have been stealing grease from her for months. >> every month, two and three times like this. keep stealing the oil? >> yes. >> you don't get paid? >> no. they never pay me. >> reporter: these cases are hard to solve, you see, this grease, it doesn't have any serial numbers so it's difficult to tell when it's hot. jim, back to you. >> pat collins with the story us for. pat, thank you. >>> the smithsonian is planning a new ex

they recycle it and use it for biofuel or animal feed. and everybody's happy.ut this is what's going on. in the middle of the night, thieves are coming around, sucking out the used grease, selling it on the down low to recyclers. the grease haulers, they are not getting any money. the restaurants, they are not getting any money. the thieves, they're getting the money. by phone, we talked to one grease hauler who says he has lost more than $100,000 this year. they asked us not to identify them by name. >> opportunistic people with very low moral integrity and they are willing to do anything to survive, i guess. >> reporter: here at lenny's, angela says they have been stealing grease from her for months. >> every month, two and three times like this. >> keep stealing the oil? >> yes. >> you don't get paid? >> no. they never pay me. >> reporter: these cases are hard to solve, you see, this grease, it doesn't have a serial numbers so it's difficult to tell when it's hot. i'm pat collins, news4, prince georges county. >> the owners of a prince georges county nightcl

i also favor the development of biofuels. in 1984 i voted for something called gasohol, which ron reagan signed as part of our national energy program. in 1986, it had been renamed ethanol, and i signed it again. in 1998, when big oil tried to kill it, chuck grassley said i was the one person who saved ethanol from being killed by big oil. the reason is simple. if i have to choose between paying $1 billion to iraq or $1 billion to iowa, i will pick iowa every time. [applause] and if i have to choose between spending $1 billion on saudi arabia or south dakota, i will pick s.d. every time. that is how i would start the economy moving again. yes, ma'am? >> our president does not do these things by himself. we do not elect just the president or it -- but a presidential team. can you give examples on who will be on your team? >> actually, it is deeper than that. we need to run a republican team campaign next fall because we need to pick up the senate by a big margin and gain seats in the house come and do so with an agenda so peop

yes, in producing our own oil and natural gas, but we have also got to develop wind and solar and biofuels our economy. it creates jobs, but it is also good for our environment, and it also makes sure that this planet is sustainable. that's part of the future that you deserve. we have subsidized oil companies for a century, and that is long enough. congress needs to stop giving taxpayer to a oil industry that has never been more profitable, and double-down on the clean energy future that has never been more promising. i don't want to see the wind toror the solar to germany or japan, because we didn't have the same commitment here. i want those jobs created here in the united states of america. i also want us to think about energy efficiency. making sure that we have already doubled the fuel efficiency standards on cars, and part of detroit coming back is creating more fuel efficient cars here in michigan. and more fuel efficient truck, and we have to revamp the buildings to make them more fuel efficient, and if -- if we are focused on this, we can control our energy future, and that is par

offshore wind and high-speed rail in europe, biofuels in brazil, battery technology in asia. but too many advances are help happening elsewhere. we need to focus on how we can bring more here. and that's -- if we keep continuing to play catch-up, there will be a point when we aren't a leader in innovation anymore, and when that happens, we really don't have any competitive position to be leveraged, and i think that's what's happened in the last decade. if you saw the article today, over the last decade we've lost over 25% of our high technology manufacturing jobs in this country, and we need to bring those back. but this conversation isn't just about us versus the rest of the world, it's about what we need to do with our cities like you, and there's a lot of factors that go into that decision. but the most important ones for us are skilled labor and having a productive work force, also thinking about higher education in the cities and how we improve that, a modern infrastructure, but also building a link to r&d and manufacturing. so cities that have high-tech manufacturing an

now, you and i know that biofuels aren't the total answer, but they're a piece of it, soy, diesel, ethanolmerican coal. i'm for american nuclear and american wind and solar. it's a big deal that iowa is the second producer of wind in the world. only denmark produces more. but look at obama. obama is against american oil and gas. goes to brazil, congratulates the brazilians on drilling offshore. tells them how glad he is that we can guarantee $2 billion of equipment purchases largely by a company owned by george soros and then he says the most extraordinary thing. he says to brazilians, i would like america to be your best customer. now, i thought he had it exactly backwards. he don't send american presidents overseas to be foreign purchasing agents. we send american presidents overseas to be salesmen for american products and goods and services so we have the jobs here. the the idea that you can borrow money from the chinese to buy brazilian oil has got to be the worst economic model you've ever seen. look at the xcel pipeline. i tell people it's one thing if an administration can't play c