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Ethanol produces less than half the GHG emissions as gasoline

A new report from USDA finds greenhouse gas emissions from ethanol are 43 percent lower than gasoline.

The report reviewed how corn-based ethanol preformed over the last decade in the farm sector and given the current trends found by 2022, corn-based ethanol is expected to have almost half of the emissions as gasoline.

National Corn Growers Association Executive Vice President Jon Doggett says the announcement reaffirms the importance of ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard.  “What the analysis looks at is what are all of the factors and the greenhouse gas emissions for corn ethanol from planting the plant to the finished product of ethanol.  With gasoline it goes from drilling the oil well, through that process and through the refining process to baseline gasoline.”

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor tells Brownfield the report will help insure ethanol as a competitive and more sustainable option for fuel.  “It’s good for the performance of the engine, it’s good for the pocketbook of the consumer and this report also reinforces it’s good for the climate, it’s good for the environment and that’s important for all types of policy making.”

USDA attributes improvements in yield, the refining process and transportation for the efficiency.

AUDIO: Interview with Jon Doggett 

AUDIO: Interview with Emily Skor

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