Sentences with phrase «emitted by ethanol»

After discussing the «carbon monoxide, methanol, toluene, and volatile organic compounds» emitted by ethanol plants, the article addressed the issue of pollution caused by corn farming:

Not exact matches

By turning crops such as corn, sugarcane and palm oil into biofuels — whether ethanol, biodiesel, or something else — proponents hope to reap the benefits of the carbon soaked up as the plants grow to offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted when the resulting fuel is burned.

The carbon emitted by burning ethanol still piles up in the atmosphere, and remains there for decades.

Capturing the nearly pure stream of CO2 emitted from corn ethanol refinery fermentation processes is cheaper however, and footing the bill for the added costs associated with carbon capture can be further offset by taking advantage of the market for CO2 availed by EOR.

Making ethanol from corn reduces atmospheric releases of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide because the CO2 emitted when the ethanol burns is «canceled out» by the carbon dioxide taken in by the next crop of growing plants, which use it in photosynthesis.