http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/12/23/critics-bentleys-plan-to-cut-co2-with-ethanol-flawed/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:36:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/12/23/critics-bentleys-plan-to-cut-co2-with-ethanol-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-99524 SacramentoE85 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:02:18 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/12/23/critics-bentleys-plan-to-cut-co2-with-ethanol-flawed/#comment-99524 Readers need to check out the facts about ethanol from the Department of Energy, EPA, and universities before they accept much they read in the press. Ethanol made from sugar is pretty great; cellulosic is even better; and corn ethanol is pretty good. The corn is being grown anyway, and they use just the starch to make the ethanol. The high protein feed DDGS is left over, and makes up 1/3 of the output. Last year the U.S. exported a record amount of corn, due to overproduction. The price of corn matched oil with speculation, and while corn prices dropped food prices are staying high while food companies are reaping record profits. The Amazon rain forests have been destroyed for decades, and that would continue to occur with or without biofuels. Ethanol does significantly reduce CO2 emissions, especially when considering the corn would be grown anyway and the CO2 is captured again with the next crop grown. If ethanol (supplying near 10% of U.S. gasoline supply) is removed from the picture, that means a need for 10% more petroleum gasoline. Only Big Oil and OPEC win with ethanol out of the picture. You can support ethanol use by using E85 in our Flex Fuel Vehicle or E10 blended gasoline in other vehicles. Indy Racing is using 100% ethanol, and Nascar and Formula-1 are considering the switch soon. Readers need to check out the facts about ethanol from the Department of Energy, EPA, and universities before they accept much they read in the press. Ethanol made from sugar is pretty great; cellulosic is even better; and corn ethanol is pretty good. The corn is being grown anyway, and they use just the starch to make the ethanol. The high protein feed DDGS is left over, and makes up 1/3 of the output. Last year the U.S. exported a record amount of corn, due to overproduction. The price of corn matched oil with speculation, and while corn prices dropped food prices are staying high while food companies are reaping record profits. The Amazon rain forests have been destroyed for decades, and that would continue to occur with or without biofuels. Ethanol does significantly reduce CO2 emissions, especially when considering the corn would be grown anyway and the CO2 is captured again with the next crop grown. If ethanol (supplying near 10% of U.S. gasoline supply) is removed from the picture, that means a need for 10% more petroleum gasoline. Only Big Oil and OPEC win with ethanol out of the picture. You can support ethanol use by using E85 in our Flex Fuel Vehicle or E10 blended gasoline in other vehicles. Indy Racing is using 100% ethanol, and Nascar and Formula-1 are considering the switch soon.

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