Sentences with phrase «for ethanol»

Such as the allowing of the turning over of conservation areas to, in this case, corn growing for ethanol production.

Every acre planted in corn for ethanol means pressure for another acre to be cleared elsewhere for crop production.

The Scientific American reports that roughly 40 percent of today's corn crop is used for ethanol made from corn, which is added to gasoline.

At least I hope that is what the $ 150 billion is for... it better not be subsidies for ethanol, clean coal, or other just bad ideas.

The environmental case for ethanol from corn continues to weaken.

The new markets for agricultural crops, which would in effect become sources of fuel, could boost rural economies worldwide, just as the demand for ethanol has bolstered the price of corn.

That assumption is so unrealistic that any analysis based upon it is inappropriate and even fraudulent if used as a justification for maintaining or expanding government support for ethanol.

This program can't simply be a taxpayer - subsidized corporate welfare scheme for the ethanol industry.

The lesson: do not grow food or grass crops for ethanol or diesel or cut down trees for electricity.

That still leaves the mandate for ethanol usage in place.

The pump price for ethanol is roughly half that of gasoline.

Also, there are no large - scale changes in infrastructure required for ethanol use.

But some ethanol supporters correctly point out that we have lots of coal, and we could use that as our primary energy source for ethanol production.

Why not check the facts behind competing claims for ethanol when reporting on alternative fuels?

And farmers have figured out a way for ethanol to be more energy - producing than energy - consuming.

I would think the best place for ethanol would be trucking.

Only the starch is removed for ethanol, and the livestock feed is left over.

It would be better to use the stuff for ethanol.

Making good choices about how ethanol is made and what it is made from is essential for ethanol to realize its potential.

The potential capacity for ethanol production from corn is fairly limited.

He has been clear in his support for ethanol and ethanol subsidies.

The Fulton, Miss. project will allow BlueFire to use green and wood wastes available in the region as feedstock for the ethanol plant, which is designed to produce approximately 19 - million gallons of ethanol per year.

Ethanol plants produce byproducts that can be used as feed for animals, in turn, factory farms can sell animal manure as fuel for ethanol plants.

But pressing U.S. farmers to grow corn for ethanol fuel use is not good green policy.

In addition, nitrogen fertiliser used in growing sugarcane for ethanol currently leads to significant emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a powerful greenhouse gas.

«To some extent, the incentives for ethanol production for cleaner fuel in urban areas have considerable side effects on the population and future generations in the production areas.

Mr. Vilsack was even more forceful in a speech in Omaha to a conference of the American Coalition for Ethanol last week, just as his agency released a dire new crop forecast.

A version of this article appears in print on August 17, 2012, on Page B1 of the New York edition with the headline: In Drought, A Debate Over Quota For Ethanol.

From July to August, as they observed the drought's effects, government inspectors reduced their forecast of corn used for ethanol in the year by 400 million bushels.

The bulk of teacher learning happens at our summer institutes and weekend workshops, where teachers are introduced to current plant research topics with societal relevance, from grass to sugars for ethanol, to algae for biodiesel, to land use sustainability.

In addition there are versions of corn that can be grown where the stalk and leaves have been modified to produce the material for ethanol while the grain can be harvested for food.

In another experiment, bagasse was used as a starting plant biomass for ethanol production without washing / separation processes.

According to analyses that have been published in Science and carried out by the California Air Resources Board, corn - based ethanol is actually worse than gasoline, mainly because growing more corn for ethanol forces farmers to clear additional grasslands and forests to grow food crops.

They hope to capitalize on the genetic information to find more efficient and cheaper ways to break down cellulose for ethanol in biofuel production.

VeraSun is referring to what we chronicled yesterday: an ethanol surplus has caused a drop in prices, which, combined with a spike in the price of corn, has created hard times for ethanol producers.

Current reported CI for ethanol plants.

The issue is even worse for ethanol from wheat, which results in a fractional ratio, that is you get less out than you put in.

Engine: 5.4 L SOHC 3V V8 FFV - inc: Capable of running unleaded or up to 85 % ethanol Fuel economy for ethanol E85: 10 MPG city 14 MPG highway