Jay Inslee: “I think basically a way to say this is that our current biofuels economy, which is very productive, and I believe is at…”

“I think basically a way to say this is that our current biofuels economy, which is very productive, and I believe is at least a small improvement on net CO2, is really a first generation of biofuels. We have a second and third generation that are very close to coming. One of them is this cellulosic ethanol that I have talked about. There is a company called Logen, there are several other companies doing this, to use a cellulosic method in an enhanced way of breaking open the cell to get at the carbohydrates. When we do this, this second generation of biofuels is really going to kick in and make this competitive. I want to mention one thing before I yield to Mr. Holt, and that is we have just Democrats participating in this discussion. But our fellow Republicans are also involved in this discussion. I, myself, and others are talking to some of our Republican colleagues, developing a bill to try to enhance this second generation of ethanol. We do want to make this, and believe we can make this, a bipartisan effort now that we have new leadership that will free us from the chains of the oil and gas companies that have shackled the Congress to date.”