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Puzder named ethanol regulation, which has resulted in higher beef costs, a rising minimum wage and higher labor costs due to Obamacare as three obstacles that make doing business in the U.S. more difficult than in the past.

«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels» emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

An acre of switchgrass can produce more than twice as much ethanol as an acre of corn.

Renewable energy, such as from photovoltaic electricity and ethanol, today supplies less than 7 percent of U.S. consumption.

But experts at a major scientific meeting today described how ethanol blends used as fuel in the race cars of the Indianapolis 500 actually make those emissions cleaner than cars on the street.

As attorney general, Pruitt in 2013 filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in which he argued the EPA ignored the risks that gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol can pose to cars» fuel systems as well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food priceAs attorney general, Pruitt in 2013 filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in which he argued the EPA ignored the risks that gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol can pose to cars» fuel systems as well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food priceas well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food priceas the RFS requirement's possible effect on food prices.

That was the knock on ethanol: that it took more energy to create than it produced as fuel.

If ingested, the so called toxic alcohols (other than ethanol) such as methanol, propanol, and ethylene glycol metabolize into toxic aldehydes and acids, which cause potentially fatal metabolic acidosis.

A gallon of ethanol has a lower energy content than a gallon of gasoline (as measured by BTU content).

Simpletons and Bush / Mcbush apologists also feel that ethanol which is LESS efficient than ordinary gas, is a GREAT idea, even as it creates the world's largest dead zone in the Gulf, offshore drilling is THE answer despite anyone w / a brain stating that this capacity won't come online for 30 years and which will produce about three weeks» worth of oil at our country's CURRENT rate of use, and that some silly gas tax reprieve, which will cost us in infrastructure improvements and lost jobs, is a good thing....

Well, that in total is bigger than the impact of ethanol, and the offshore part is about as big as the ethanol, but is it a lot?

The energy return on sugarcane ethanol as it has been calculated does appear to be in the 8/1 range, which would make it better than gasoline.

While wind energy is cheaper than other, more ineffective renewables, such as solar, tidal, and ethanol, it is nowhere near competitive.

National Research Council: [A] ccording to EPA's own estimates, corn - grain ethanol produced in 2011, which is almost exclusively made in biorefineries using natural gas as a heat source, is a higher emitter of GHG than gasoline.

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.

Mandates and subsidies for fossil - fuel intensive biofuels such as corn - derived ethanol are so large that eliminating or reducing them would almost certainly do more than a carbon tax to curb these fuels» artificial price advantage.

Trees may not take as much CO2 out of the air as corn plants do but they only have to take out less than half as much, since three to four times as much CO2 is in the whole corn plant as there is in the ethanol produced from it.

A new study shows that burning crops such as corn and switchgrass to create electricity to power electric vehicles would actually yield more transportation miles than turning those crops into ethanol.

Because so little energy is required to cultivate crops such as switchgrass for cellulosic ethanol production, and because electricity can be co-produced using the residues of such cellulosic fuel production, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for celluslosic ethanol when compared to gasoline are greater than 100 per cent.

President Obama continues to tout his «renewable» energy schemes as a «comprehensive»... «all of the above»... «energy strategy for the future» — even though wind, solar and ethanol programs combined provide less than 4 % of all the energy that powers the United States and makes our jobs, living standards, economy, health and welfare possible.

There's a variety of positive reports coming out on the future of the industry — there's reports that see a meaningful future for ethanol, as well reports saying ethanol could be deliver a better - than - expected energy return.

The ethanol mandate was born more than a decade ago of good intentions: to reduce tailpipe emissions as part of a larger strategy of tackling global warming.

Although corn ethanol as modeled here emits marginally less GHGs than does gasoline, the combined climate and air quality impacts are greater than those from gasoline vehicles.

Ethanol made from a prairie grass shows promise as a viable fuel that could be much more environmentally friendly and energy - efficient than corn ethanol, a new studEthanol made from a prairie grass shows promise as a viable fuel that could be much more environmentally friendly and energy - efficient than corn ethanol, a new studethanol, a new study says.

In summary, there is sufficient land zoned for sugar cane for Brazil to produce approximately 4 — 5 times as much ethanol than is produced today (˜6.2 billion gallons in 2008).

As to other Alternate Fuels... even in Brasil, the Sugar Ethanol industry only exists because of government subsidy... even then, ethanol is more expensive than gasoline at the gas sEthanol industry only exists because of government subsidy... even then, ethanol is more expensive than gasoline at the gas sethanol is more expensive than gasoline at the gas station.

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.

... Consequently, refiners are up against a «blend wall» as the mandate forces them to purchase more ethanol than they can safely put into gasoline.»

Indeed, corn is not the optimal basis for providing all the ethanol fuel we will need, but, as the President says, biofuels are needed to reduce our addiction to oil and to slow climate change — and the emerging biofuels market is spurring major investments in using biomass other than corn to make ethanol.

Even cellulosic ethanol made from switchgrass, which has been promoted by eco-activists and eco-investors as well as by President Bush as the fuel of the future, looks less green than oil - derived gasoline.

We don't, as a rule, trouble about the carbon footprint of foodstuffs but isn't is obvious that corn produced as food is going to be more carbon - intensive than corn produced fro fuel, if only because ethanol when transported doesn't require the same packaging and refrigeration as corn?

By deriving it from inedible plant matter such as switchgrass, wood chips, and wheat straw, the hope is that cellulosic ethanol could supplement our transportation fuels in a way that is more efficient and has fewer harmful impacts on the environment and food prices than corn - based ethanol.

As the justices acknowledge, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will soon require refiners to sell more ethanol than can be blended as E1As the justices acknowledge, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will soon require refiners to sell more ethanol than can be blended as E1as E10.

Statements about BlueFire Ethanol, Inc.'s expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are «forward - looking statements» within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as the term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Though solar energy remains expensive, reducing a ton of emissions by generating electricity from essentially carbon - free sources such as nuclear or wind energy is cheaper than reducing a ton of emissions through low - carbon transportation fuels such as ethanol.

«According to some authors, it generates about 100 % or 40 % more - as ethanol - than the necessary for its implementation.

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).

Certain alternative energy «sources» may actually have EROEI ratios of less than one, such as many methods of industrially producing biodiesel and ethanol, or extracting oil from shale.

(Note that the study did not look at first generation biofuels made from tropical crops like sugarcane or sweet sorghum which reduce emissions far more than corn ethanol; for sugarcane ethanol, the reduction is as large as that of cellulosic biofuels, earlier post.)

The EPA considers an ethanol plant as a «major source» of pollution if it produces more than 100 tons of any one pollutant per year, although it has recently proposed increasing that cap to 250 tons.»

Industrial Agriculture's Negative Effects The report didn't go into wider - ranging effects of the industrial agriculture dominant in the US, such as loss of biodiversity, fertilizer run - off, etc. (and whether industrial agriculture is really the best method of raising food, the UN doesn't think so, and I suppose that's all a bit beyond the research brief here) but at least corn ethanol fares a bit better in this study than in previous estimates.

The researchers conclude: «The energy discarded in wasted food is more than the energy available from many popular efficiency and energy procurement strategies, such as the annual production of ethanol from grains and annual petroleum available from drilling in the outer continental shelf,» and so minimizing wasted food means minimizing overall energy consumption.