The Oil Drum

Good round-up K.

I tend to agree with you for the simple reason that individual states are typically limited by the feedstock resource that they possess.

1st gen biofuel production is the low-fruit, the easiest milestone to reach but difficult to expand much further in a state that doesn't produce the required feedstock - Rendell in PA faces a similar dilemma.

That said, the one feedstock that is in abundance in NY is MSW and MSW as you know, can be converted thermo-chemically to liquid fuels like ethanol.

This 3rd gen biofuel process has great potential for both NY and PA but is of course still in the demonstration phase.

Translation: a lengthy and perhaps expensive endeavor that may or may not produce the all important, in term photo-op.