Politics Black Liquor Binge Bringing an end to the costly and unnecessary Alternative Fuel Mixture Credit Greg Beato | 12.29.2009 3:00 PM ...

"Black liquor is routinely burned in a recovery boiler," says Andre Boehman, professor of fuel science. "But it has more energy value as a synthesis gas which is then used to create other fuels." ...

The so-called black liquor tax credit was a tax loophole in the Alternative Fuel Mixture Credit (AFMC) that was exploited by some companies in the forest-products industry beginning in 2005.

The liquid, known as black liquor, was declared eligible for alternative fuel tax credits if mill operators mixed in a little diesel fuel. At 50 cents per gallon of black liquor, publicly held ...

During 2009, paper companies that converted black liquor (a byproduct of paper mills) into alternative fuel became eligible for an Alternative Fuel Mixture (AFMC) tax credit. The tax credit was an ...

It was not the intent of Congress to reward that behavior, but the industry and its accountants persuaded the Internal Revenue Service to allow black liquor to count as an alternative fuel in 2009.