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ENERGY: US opens new ethanol plant every 10 days

Patrick J. ByrneMay 13, 20065 min read

As the global energy crisis deepens, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has put US$84 million into an ethanol plant, signalling to investors that ethanol is now big time, writes Pat Byrne.Bill Gates, founder of the Microsoft empire and one of the world’s wealthiest men, has put US$84 million into an ethanol plant, signalling to investors that ethanol was now big time.With oil prices now…

COVER STORY: Twilight for Australia’s fishing industry?

Patrick J. ByrneMay 13, 20069 min read

Australia imports $1.8 billion in seafood because government-sanctioned radical environmentalism is shutting down our fishing industry, writes Pat Byrne.Professor Walter Starck, one of the world’s leading reef ecology experts, has roundly criticised the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) for its persistence in shutting down more and more of the Great Barrier Reef to commercial and recreational fishing.He recently pointed out in…