Not exact matches
Hemp can also have applications in biofuels as it can efficiently produce
ethanol, biodiesel, and
other biofuel
blends.
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.»
The proposed action would not affect corn or
other ethanol production and
blending requirements, despite growing problems with incorporating more
ethanol into gasoline.
In a free market, refiners would have
blended less
ethanol and produced more gasoline than they did in the market rigged by the RFS and
other pro-
ethanol policies.
For several years the EPA has fined refiners for not purchasing and
blending ethanol made from switchgrass, wood chips, and
other fibrous, non-edible plants.
That's what we draw from EPA's requirements for levels of corn
ethanol and
other renewable fuels that must be
blended into the U.S. fuel supply.
· Substantially increased use of biofuels can only occur if they can be used in forms
other than the low - percentage
blends of
ethanol and biodiesel that account for nearly all of their current use.
(1) Feedstock
other than corn; (2) Decentralized network of small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities; (3) Variable
blending pumps in lieu of splash
blending; and (4) Hydrous
ethanol.