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With California ramping up its ethanol consumption, we thought now would be a good time to get back to the basics.
What is ethanol? How is it produced? What makes it more efficient than gasoline...
by Richard T. Stuebi
The news seems everywhere these days that ethanol is dead as a doornail:
October 21, Financial Times: "Investors Suffer As U.S. Ethanol Boom Dries Up"
November 5, Bloomberg...
For the longest time we have been told that ethanol fuel (E85) made from corn or cellulose... out that ethanol is not that great after all. According to a study by Mark Jacobson, a professor of civil...
Last week, VeraSun, the #2 producer of ethanol in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy. You would think... will probable qualify to receive more state funds through the Ethanol Production Incentive.
From the North...
by Richard T. Stuebi
While it is increasingly recognized that subsidies for corn-based ethanol....S. subsidies to ethanol between 2008-2022, notes a recent estimate by the Earth Policy Institute that the 2008...
In 2007, increased ethanol use was mandated by EPA and U.S. Congress as the fuel of choice to help America cut its appetite for oil. Is ethanol really the answer? There has been a ongoing...
..... the much touted corn-based Ethanol, marketed heavily as the "silver bullet" alternative fuel source to help solve... up to the hype.
Ethanol is derived from corn. Corn is a the one plant that is in almost every food product...
Reasons Why Corn Ethanol is Bad for the Environment!
Biofuels can provide a significant source of renewable energy to reduce dependency on foreign oil and reduce climate change pollution... 
we are getting from converting corn to ethanol.
The report surveyed corn growers for the year 2005 and ethanol... almost as much—or, in fact, as much—energy to convert corn to ethanol as cold be obtained from the ethanol...
on the market, ethanol producers. Coupled with high oil prices, the input used to run the tractors, make the fertilizer and transport the finished corn, ethanol producers are experiencing a bit a of a mini... 
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