Comments on: E85 Vehicles Emit Fewest GHGs in Total Life Cycle Assessment http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/04/e85-vehicles-emit-fewest-ghgs-in-total-life-cycle-assessment/ Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 22:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian J. Donovan http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/04/e85-vehicles-emit-fewest-ghgs-in-total-life-cycle-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-140102 Brian J. Donovan Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:25:27 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=19232#comment-140102 The issue, for advanced biofuel, is whether the proper development of an advanced biofuel industry in the United States is even feasible when: (a) independent ethanol producers in the U.S. are at the mercy of volatile commodities markets for feedstock; and (b) the price of ethanol is controlled by the oil companies. Read "Independent U.S. Ethanol Producers Will Not Survive as Price Takers" on the following page: http://renergieadvancedbiofuel.blogspot.com The issue, for advanced biofuel, is whether the proper development of an advanced biofuel industry in the United States is even feasible when: (a) independent ethanol producers in the U.S. are at the mercy of volatile commodities markets for feedstock; and (b) the price of ethanol is controlled by the oil companies.

Read “Independent U.S. Ethanol Producers Will Not Survive as Price Takers” on the following page: http://renergieadvancedbiofuel.blogspot.com

]]> By: Jorgen http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/04/e85-vehicles-emit-fewest-ghgs-in-total-life-cycle-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-140089 Jorgen Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:59:19 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=19232#comment-140089 This is an unfortunate choice for a headline. It makes corn-based Ethanol seem like a good choice for a fuel (see image, listing E85corn). While this is technically correct within the boundary of the study and the report, this is one subject in which we must not forget about land use involved with creating the fuel. The Ecological Footprint of E85 from corn is around 2.5 times bigger than that from gasoline. We need our Ecological Footprint to go down, not up, which is what will happen if we focus on too narrow of a set of metrics to measure progress by. This is an unfortunate choice for a headline. It makes corn-based Ethanol seem like a good choice for a fuel (see image, listing E85corn). While this is technically correct within the boundary of the study and the report, this is one subject in which we must not forget about land use involved with creating the fuel. The Ecological Footprint of E85 from corn is around 2.5 times bigger than that from gasoline. We need our Ecological Footprint to go down, not up, which is what will happen if we focus on too narrow of a set of metrics to measure progress by.

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