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    They are going to try to kill corn farmers. Might be worth it to get that stupid f'n ethanol out of our engines...

    U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds
    Leah Douglas
    Mon, February 14, 2022, 3:00 PM·2 min read
    By Leah Douglas

    Feb 14 (Reuters) - Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday.

    The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradicts previous research commissioned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) showing ethanol and other biofuels to be relatively green.

    President Joe Biden's administration is reviewing policies on biofuels as part of a broader effort to decarbonize the U.S. economy by 2050 to fight climate change.

    “Corn ethanol is not a climate-friendly fuel,” said Dr. Tyler Lark, assistant scientist at University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment and lead author of the study.

    The research, which was funded in part by the National Wildlife Federation and U.S. Department of Energy, found that ethanol is likely at least 24% more carbon-intensive than gasoline due to emissions resulting from land use changes to grow corn, along with processing and combustion.

    Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, the ethanol trade lobby, called the study "completely fictional and erroneous," arguing the authors used "worst-case assumptions cherry-picked data."

    Under the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a law enacted in 2005, the nation's oil refiners are required to mix some 15 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol into the nation's gasoline annually. The policy was intended to reduce emissions, support farmers, and cut U.S. dependence on energy imports.

    As a result of the mandate, corn cultivation grew 8.7% and expanded into 6.9 million additional acres of land between 2008 and 2016, the study found. That led to widespread changes in land use, including the tilling of cropland that would otherwise have been retired or enrolled in conservation programs and the planting of existing cropland with more corn, the study found.

    https://news.yahoo.com/u-corn-based-...200000730.html


    And L.O.L. at these people needing studies and research to know that putting corn in the fuel supply to buy votes in the Midwest was a stupid idea.

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    It's great to see that this obvious issue has finally been recognized. I note, though, that they haven't even added in the lost MPG caused by using ethanol, resulting the burning of additional gasoline.
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    This will hurt the motorsports industry that has capitalized on E-85. Guys are making some serious power in forced induction engines running a fuel they can buy from a gas station.

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    Next: multidisciplinary study finds mailing out free money causes inflation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GMAC View Post
    Next: multidisciplinary study finds mailing out free money causes inflation.
    Poppycock. That study will show cherry picked data from worst case scenarios.
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    corn ethanol is a net loss of energy period. It takes a gallon of petrol to make 3./4 gallon of ethanol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fireman View Post
    This will hurt the motorsports industry that has capitalized on E-85. Guys are making some serious power in forced induction engines running a fuel they can buy from a gas station.
    I think they will be ok until they quit selling C16
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