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Corn ethanol subsidies getting the pro/con debate in Kansas

The debate over corn ethanol, and the federal government's strong support for the biofuel, is being debated across the U.S. Everything from the potential cost for damaged fuel systems to the possible Federal push for E15 is in the news. The discussion has even hit deep into corn country, where the Kansas City Star published a point-counterpoint opinion column yesterday on whether the Feds should continue to subsidize growing corn for ethanol. On the negative side, the corn ethanol mandate "has led to land being taken out of conservation ... Read more →

50 gallons per mile?!? That's the water cost of corn-based ethanol Sebastian Blanco

The nail in the coffin of corn-based ethanol might be made of water. The magazine Environmental Science & Technology has published an article that pegs the amount of water needed to make enough ...

Antibiotics pose concern for ethanol producers Jeremy Korzeniewski

There are a lot of reasons why corn-based ethanol may not be best biofuel available to ween ourselves off of petroleum, most of which have been well covered on this site. Today, we came across one ...

Study: modern ethanol plants are A-OK for this one land use issue Sebastian Blanco

Conflicting study overload. That's the only way to explain all the messages that we're getting regarding biofuels recently. They speed up global warming. Ethanol is no better than gasoline. You know ...

University of Minnesota: Ethanol no better than gas Xavier Navarro

The University of Minnesota has released a study on the benefits of three types of fuels: gasoline, corn-based ethanol and cellulosic ethanol. The conclusion was what most readers know: corn-based ...

U.S. ethanol production down by 21 percent 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Bad news for ethanol lovers. One of the most important ethanol producers in the U.S., ADM, has announced that U.S. production of ethanol was down by 21 percent, from some 12.9 million gallons in mid-late 2008 to 10.2 million right now. The market was up when oil prices were high, plants were built ...

How Brazil created the international ethanol boom 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Maybe Americans need to be pointing our fingers south at Brazil for making us spend so much money on ethanol. The William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review has just published an article that delves into how the South American country helped fuel the recent world-wide ethanol boom. ...

Who wins federal dollars race? Ethanol does, by a long shot 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Undeterred by the fact that ethanol is the worst type or alternative energy, the federal government is in love with corn ethanol, perhaps a bit too much. Over the years, the American farm lobby has worked and worked to get subsidies for corn growers and, more recently, ethanol producers. The ...

Ethanol turns out to be the worst type of renewable energy 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Maybe it's good that the US will not meet its self-imposed ethanol mandate for 2022. According to a new study by Mark Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, ethanol - whether derived from corn or cellulose - is the worst form of renewable energy. Ethanol's ...

State of the ethanol nation will be solid, but it's tough now 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As we've seen, the corn ethanol industry has taken a huge hit recently, so we decided it was worth it to take a look at the overall ethanol market, corn and otherwise. A good place to start is a new report by Global Industry Analysts, which predicts that, for all its trouble, the world ethanol ...

3 out of 4 Americans say: let's go for renewable fuels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

According to a recent survey made by Renewable Fuels Now, 74 percent of Americans say that the US should increase domestic production of renewable fuels, including ethanol. The poll also mentions that Americans support the idea of the Federal Government helping develop the biofuel industry (87 ...

Biofuels adding to destruction of Brazilian cerrado 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We've heard plenty about how biodiesel feedstock from palm plantations in SE Asia contributes to forest devastation there, but the cry from Brazil has not been nearly as loud. Of course, that country's biofuel industry also has an impact on the natural landscape, as this article explains. Rhett ...

Raising voices about corn ethanol 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Food & Water Watch, the Network for Energy Choices and the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School are on the quest of creating a report called "The Rush to Ethanol: Not all BioFuels are created equal". They affirm that, "ethanol is no silver bullet solution for fossil ...

More on the coming American ethanol glut 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As we wrote recently, America is about to be flooded with ethanol. This "flood" certainly won't be enough to supplant all of our oil imports, but it will be large enough to make ethanol plants less profitable and therefore changing the equation for a lot of producers and buyers. The LA Times ...

Iowa State University researchers say corn ethanol not profitable after 2008 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

All the money rolling into the ethanol/corn industries may come to a screeching halt in a year or two, say researchers at Iowa State University. Inside Green Tech spoke to Bruce Babcock, economist and director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at ISU, who say that, "We think the ...

Hale group announces ethanol 2012 study 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Hale Group, Ltd. and its affiliates have announced the Ethanol 2012 Study. This report is designed to define the forces that will impact the U.S. ethanol industry during the next five years and to develop appropriate competitive strategies. The study will have as collaborators experts in ...

ENCAP developing soil and agricultural products from biofuel byproducts 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A company based in Wisconsin called ENCAP has attracted some attention from investors when they recently found an agricultural product with which they can produce using the byproducts from the creation of biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel. In fact, they can use "almost any inert material, ...

An ex-Chevron exec's change of heart on ethanol 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Energy companies like Chevron cannot throw enough money at ethanol research these days. It certainly wasn't always like this. In 1999, a Chevron exec, Patricia Woertz, who was then head of refining, said it was "time to stop mixing agricultural policy with fuels policy." Today, Woertz has seen the ...


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