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Dilemmas of the Third Generation Biofuel
Production in Mexico
Camelia Tigau, cameliatigau_at_hotmail.com Centro de
Investigaciones sobre América del Norte UNAM,
Mexico Prepared for CEDLA Amsterdam, April 16,
2009
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CONTENTS

• Biofuels in North America politics, production,
  legislation
• Biofuels generation
• 2. Biofuels and GMO politics in Mexico the
  general debate

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BIOFUELS IN NORTH AMERICA
North America and the world ethanol production in
2005
Source Earth Policy Institute, based on
F.O.Licht, in Mathews 2007, p. 3553
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Generations
BIOFUELS IN NORTH AMERICA
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BIOFUELS IN NORTH AMERICA
Production

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BIOFUELS IN NORTH AMERICA
Legislation
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BIOFUELS IN NORTH AMERICA
Conflicts
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MEXICO
GMO Law (2004), 6 years debate vs. Biofuels Law
(2008), 1 year debate
Media science discourse on biofuels
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Level 1 (image creation) US biotech policies
Level 2 (communication brokers)
Science
Gov.inst.
Int.Org.
Companies
NGOs
Media
Level 3 (recepcion) open biotech debate
Level 4 (final target) Mexican biotech policies
BIOSAFETY LAW
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MEXICO
Biofuels production
Biofields Alegenol Biofuels Arizona Global
Seawater PetroSun Global Clean Energy Holdings
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CONCLUSIONS FOR MEXICO
No first generation biofuels Long term projects
with no civic support Mexico much speaking,
little doing. Ultimately this is a culture issue
to be studied further on.