The Grass is Greener: The Future of Biofuels

The Grass is Greener: The Future of Biofuels – Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming – 2007-10-24 – Edward J. Markey, Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence held a hearing entitled “The Gas is Greener: The Future of Biofuels.” The Hearing took place on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 at 9:30 AM in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing featured testimony from biofuel companies, environmental groups and musician Adam Gardner of the band Guster. Gardner has started a non-profit called Reverb which has “greened” tours for bands such as Bare ***** Ladies, Dave Mathews Band, Beastie Boys and the Fray. A demonstration of a Jeep Liberty SUV running on biofuels followed the hearing on the corner of New Jersey Ave. SE and C Street SE by Cannon and Longworth House Office Buildings. WITNESS LIST: Adam Gardner, Guster and Reverb; Don Endres, CEO, VeraSun; Steve Gatto, CEO, Bioenergy LLC; Nathanael Greene, Natural Resources Defense Council; Dr. Susan Leschine, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and founder of SunEthanol. Video provided by the US House of Representatives.