Sentences with phrase «for ethanol forces»

In a report released last month, the GAO underscored the evaporative problems posed by ethanol, saying that compensating for ethanol forces refiners to remove certain liquids from their gasoline: «Removing these components and reprocessing them or diverting them to other products increases the cost of making ethanol - blended gasoline.»

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.

Not exact matches

Rather, the agency set ethanol requirements higher and higher with no apparent regard for falling U.S. gasoline consumption, allowing the RFS to drive the country headlong toward the «ethanol blend wall» — and potential harms from forcing more ethanol into the fuel supply than it can safely absorb.

For the anti-ethanol crowd — OK, lets just eliminate the horrible socialism of ethanol and «big government» forcing something down our throats.

What I wish he would do - instead of making a priori assumptions about the value of ethanol for our energy policy - is put a task force together consisting of opponents and proponents - and let them document the pros and cons around all of the sticking points.