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“Ask POET” video series offers company expertise to answer a variety of ethanol questions



Thursday, May 13, 2010


Ask POET
Episodes 1 and 2 of "Ask POET"

As part of an ongoing effort to improve consumer understanding of all aspects of ethanol production and use, POET recently launched a monthly online video series titled “Ask POET.”

In each episode of “Ask POET,” host Nathan Schock will take a question from the public and find the person within POET who is best able to provide the answer. In the first episode, CEO Jeff Broin answers the question “When do you think consumers will be able to go to the gas station and fill up their cars with cellulosic ethanol?” The question was submitted by Domestic Fuel blogger Joanna Schroeder.

In the second episode, which was posted today, Broin responds to a question from Jim Lane at Biofuels Digest. Lane asks what the industry can do after E15 to prevent another “blend wall.” How can America change its fleet over to flex fuel vehicles so that higher blends of ethanol can be used in greater quantities?

For upcoming episodes, no topic is off limits, from the government’s ethanol policy to ethanol efficiency and ethanol’s role in the future energy mix of the country. Questions for the initial episodes were supplied by well-known energy bloggers across the U.S., but future episodes will also include questions submitted by anyone.

“As the nation’s largest ethanol producer, we need to take an active and visible role in helping the public understand the many issues surrounding ethanol,” Schock, POET’s Director of Public Relations, said. “Although the ethanol industry is still relatively young, POET has been around for more than two decades and is in a great position to answer the many questions that come up regarding the renewable fuel that is being used in most cars today. ‘Ask POET’ will help do that.”

A new episode of “Ask POET” will be released each month. Subscribe to POET’s RSS feed for future updates or check our news page.

To submit questions, visit http://www.poet.com/discovery/askpoet/index.asp.

About POET
POET, the largest ethanol producer in the world, is a leader in biorefining through its efficient, vertically integrated approach to production. The 22-year-old company produces more than 1.6 billion gallons of ethanol annually from 26 production facilities nationwide. POET recently started up a pilot-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, which uses corn cobs as feedstock, and will commercialize the process in Emmetsburg, Iowa. For more information, visit http://www.poet.com.

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