Sentences with phrase «ethanol production does»

Even the International Institute for Sustainable Development has acknowledged that ethanol production does not reduce atmospheric CO2.

By comparison The US oil consumption increased by 137.6 million barrels from 6851.4 mmbbls in 2009 to 6989.0 mmbbls in 2010 so this ethanol production did not stop the increase in US oil consumption and only served to raise the price of corn through government subsidies affecting only the poor.

Not exact matches

The explanation for the hefty price of free - range eggs has something to do with the dynamics of increased corn production for ethanol and the resulting decrease in production of other less expensive feed.

(Worse, use of ethanol instead of gasoline does little to reduce net carbon emissions once the energy - intensive full cycle of ethanol production — including the energy - intensive fertilizer and transport needs — is taken into account.)

The cellulosic ethanol process we developed was unique because it did not require multiple processing steps and the use of expensive laboratory - modified enzymes, the ethanol bioprocessing system uses significantly less water and energy in ethanol production resulting in larger yields per ton of biomass.

Corn - based ethanol doesn't meet that test and won't benefit from the new standard, CARB says, because diverting corn into ethanol production increases deforestation and the clearing of grasslands.

Part of the $ 150 billion, 10 - year expenditure — the centerpiece of his energy plan — is to develop these resources as well as shift ethanol production from corn to cellulose - based sources that do not affect the food supply.

Farmers make the fuel by chemically treating corn kernels to isolate the sugars and then feeding the sugars to yeast, which digests them and secretes ethanol.Not only do the corn husks and stalks go to waste, but ethanol production has driven up the price of the corn that is used for food by reducing its availability.

I don't see how our subsidies for making ethanol from corn, for example, spill over to the production of high fructose corn syrup.

Re «I believe the best thing to do now with «threatened tropical rain forests» is to harvest all their timber, then clear the land, then grow organic sugarcane for ethanol production.»

Whatever you grow that you don't use for food can then be fed into biofuel production (as well as biochar production, as a soil amendment, meaning NEGATIVE emissions), and then you have some amount of ethanol, biodiesel, or bio-based hydrocarbon product.

I believe the best thing to do now with «threatened tropical rain forests» is to harvest all their timber, then clear the land, then grow organic sugarcane for ethanol production.

Bob Dinneen, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association says don't blame American ethanol production.»

Robert Rapier, writing about this issue in January, had called commercial cellulosic ethanol production a «unicorn» because it was something that doesn't exist, no matter how much we want it to.

The Midwest does not have the highest solar potential in the country (that is found in the Southwest), but its potential is nonetheless vast, with some parts of the Midwest having as good a solar resource as Florida.75 More than one - quarter of national installed wind energy capacity, one - third of biodiesel capacity, and more than two - thirds of ethanol production are located in the Midwest (see also Ch.

And it Doesn't include the production of algae and duckweed, which is currently at 6,000 gallons per acre per year, for oil and ethanol respectively, plus co-product biomass that can go to feed or fuel depending on demand.

It does not release carbon that would otherwise stay stored underground, as occurs with fossil fuel use, but when starch, such as corn, is used for ethanol production much energy, including fossil - fuel energy, is consumed in the process of fertilizing, plowing, and harvesting.

Aurora is one of dozens of start - ups vying to bring an algae - based product to market that will be competitive with petroleum but does not take farmland out of food production, an issue that has plagued the corn ethanol industry.

Bloomberg Businessweek explains more clearly than EPA does why the agency had to back - peddle so furiously: «The Environmental Protection Agency proposed requiring less cellulosic ethanol to be blended into gasoline next year than sought under U.S. law because production of the alternative fuel hasn't reached commercial scale.»

They say the technological fixes also distract from more challenging social reforms like slowing the rate of population growth, shifting away from crops like corn ethanol that don't put food on the table, or ending subsidies for livestock production, which currently eats up an appalling 75 percent of the world's agricultural land.

When demand for corn ethanol rose, so did corn prices, as did the acres diverted to corn production.

An ethanol mandate that causes little economic harm when unemployment rates are low, corn production is high, and China's demand for U.S. corn imports is low could inflict severe harm when the opposite conditions obtain — as they do today.

Finally, ethanol production and the RFS don't even reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

There are more emissions from the total Corn Ethanol production sequence and use as an alternative and additive to fossil fuels than if ordinary fossil originated fuels were just used to do the job.

Researchers Tim Searchinger and Ralph Heimlich make the case that policies that lead to setting aside land for biofuels production — like our own ethanol policies in the United States — ultimately do little to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Cardayre argues that LS9's biofuels offer several benefits that make them more attractive as an alternative to fossil fuels than do ethanol - derived fuels, including higher cost - efficiency and lower energy consumption in production (65 % less energy).

Does it matter whether there is a net energy loss in the production of corn - based ethanol --- that is, it takes more fossil fuel energy to produce ethanol than the ethanol itself produces?

Wind energy holds great promise for the state, as do other renewables such as bioenergy, ethanol production, and even solar energy.