Informa Economics for the Renewable Fuels Association http://www.ethanolrfa.org/news/entry/new-study-rin-credits-not-a-factor-in-higher-gas-prices/ [From Press Release] Contrary to the recent wave of hyperbole coming from the oil industry, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and its associated “RIN credits” have not been a factor in this spring’s higher retail gasoline prices, according to new analysis conducted by Informa Economics, Inc. In … Continue reading »
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API-funded Study Shows Fuel with 15% Ethanol May Harm Fuel Systems
aka “Durability of Fuel Pumps and Fuel Level Senders in Neat and Aggressive E15″ Coordinating Research Council http://bit.ly/127a2Cb [From Press Release] Use of the ethanol gasoline blend E15 may endanger fuel systems in millions of 2001 and newer vehicles, API Group Director of Downstream and Industry Operations Bob Greco told reporters this morning, citing newly completed research by … Continue reading »
Fueling the Food Crisis: The Cost to Developing Countries of U.S. Corn Ethanol
ActionAid http://actionaidusa.org/news/pr/True_Cost_of_Ethanol_in_Times_of_Drought/ [From Press Release] New research today provides the latest numbers behind ethanol’s toll on global food prices—$11.6 billion in higher prices for corn importing countries over a period of six years. More than half, $6.6 billion, of that was borne by developing nations, where a high percentage of household income is spent on … Continue reading »
Ethanol Production and Gasoline Prices: A Spurious Correlation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research/ by Christopher R. Knittel and Aaron Smith http://web.mit.edu/ceepr/www/publications/workingpapers/2012-006.pdf [Abstract] Ethanol made from corn comprises 10% of US gasoline, up from 3% in 2003. This dramatic increase was spurred by recent policy initiatives such as the Renewable Fuel Standard and state-level blend mandates, and supported … Continue reading »
Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy
National Research Council (download with free registration) http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13105 [From the NYTimes Green blog] The National Research Council says that absent some major innovations, the United States will probably fail to reach its 2022 target for making advanced ethanol from cellulosic biofuels. For one thing, researchers say, oil prices would have to top $190 a barrel … Continue reading »
Green Scissors: Cutting Wasteful and Environmentally Harmful Spending
Friends of the Earth | Taxpayers for Common Sense | Heartland Institute | Public Citizen / by Autumn Hanna, Eli Lehrer, Benjamin Schreiber and Tyson Slocum http://greenscissors.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Green_Scissors_2011.pdf [From an E&E News PM story by Elena Schor] …Ethanol is hardly the only alternative fuel that would see its government support cut by the four groups. The … Continue reading »
The Ethanol Decade: An Expansion of U.S. Corn Production, 2000-09
USDA Economic Research Service / by Steven Wallander, Roger Claassen, and Cynthia Nickerson http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB79/#2011-8-18 [Summary] The recent 9-billion-gallon increase in corn-based ethanol production, which resulted from a combination of rising gasoline prices and a suite of Federal bioenergy policies, provides evidence of how farmers altered their land-use decisions in response to increased demand for corn. … Continue reading »
Biofuels: Challenges to the Transportation, Sale, and Use of Intermediate Ethanol Blends
Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-513 U.S. transportation relies largely on oil for fuel. Biofuels can be an alternative to oil and are produced from renewable sources, like corn. In 2005, Congress created the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which requires transportation fuel to contain 36 billion gallons of biofuels by 2022…Use of intermediate blends, such as E15 … Continue reading »
The Impact of Ethanol and Ethanol Subsidies on Corn Prices: Revisiting History
Iowa State Univ., Center for Agricultural and Rural Development / by Bruce A. Babcock, Jacinto F. Fabiosa http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/synopsis.aspx?id=1155 [Abstract] The rapid rise in corn prices that began in the fall of 2006 coincided with exponential growth in U.S. corn ethanol production. At about the same time, new ethanol consumption mandates were added to existing ethanol … Continue reading »
The Energy Report: 100% Renewable Energy by 2050
World Wildlife Fund http://tinyurl.com/5uxjlo5 [By Bradford Plummer at tnr.com] For a long time, the argument that the world could wean itself off both fossil fuels and atomic energy was confined to earnest green groups. Last month, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released a 250-page report on how to get there by 2050. The roadmap starts … Continue reading »
