The Saudi Arabia of Biofuels

Drilled

Pushkin Industries

Earth Sciences, True Crime, Science

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

With the sustainable aviation fuel industry set to explode, carbon capture has thrown the corn ethanol industry a lifeline...but what does another corn ethanol boom mean for everyone else?

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0:08.4	Right now, news and politics are moving awfully fast. It can feel overwhelming, to say the least.
0:15.8	I'm Evan Osnows, a staff writer for the New Yorker. On the political scene podcast, we slow things down to understand
0:22.8	how power really operates in Washington, D.C., and what it means for you. My co-hosts, Jane
0:29.7	Mayer, and Susan Glasser and I have decades of reporting experience. And every Friday, we have
0:35.1	conversations with insiders and experts to understand the forces
0:39.3	remaking America.
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0:58.0	I'm Ian Sampel.
0:59.5	And I'm Madeleynne Finley.
1:01.2	Ian, what I love about making the Science Weekly podcast is hearing about research I can use,
1:06.9	like should I splash out on magnesium salts or a red light mask?
1:10.6	For me, it's exploring the latest breakthroughs with world experts.
1:14.7	Like, where do our early memories go?
1:17.2	So, if like us, you want to fill your time with fascinating facts
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1:23.9	join us on Science Weekly from The Guardian, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:43.5	Music Join us on Science Weekly from The Guardian, wherever you get your podcasts. In 2015, Bruce Rasteader was at the height of his political capital.
1:48.2	So we thought it made sense that we ought to have a discussion.
1:51.2	We ought to ask those questions.
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