Chrysler chemist lashes out

A senior management figure at Chrysler has hit out at five groups he sees standing in the way of alternative fuels.

Chrysler Senior Manager of Energy Planning and Policy, Loren Beard, made his remarks at the end of a weeklong industry conference.

He named five groups that he says are trying to stop the growth of alternative fuels.

Oil companies received Beard’s biggest criticism, saying that alternative fuels eat into their market share, complicate distribution operations and may require special components and unique additives at refineries.

Next on the list was Big Agriculture, which supports feedstock-specific biofuels such as soybeans and corn and want to maintain current tax incentives that support their crops.

The Renewable Fuels Association supports mid-level blends of ethanol, which will effectively kill the E85 program, he believes.

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