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Could The End Of Ethanol Be In Sight?

By Dr. Jay Lehr and Howard Hayden ~

Ethanol alcohol (EtOH) is the same alcohol that is in beer, wine, and distilled spirits, namely CH3CH2OH.

In dry milling the entire kernel of corn or other starchy grain such as wheat, barley or sorghum is processed without separating out the various component parts of the grain. Water is added to form a mash to which enzymes are added to convert the starch to…

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Government emphasis on Ethanol production

The Government is emphasising on ethanol production to strengthen the financial condition of sugar mills and reduce the sugar surplus in India.

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No End In Sight For The Biofuel Wars

No End In Sight For The Biofuel Wars

By Paul Driessen ~

The Big Oil-Big Biofuel wars rage on. From my perch, ethanol, biodiesel and “advanced biofuels” make about zero energy, economic or environmental sense. They make little political sense either, until you recognize that politics is largely driven by crony-capitalism, campaign contributions and vote hustling.

Even now, once again, as you read this, White House, EPA, Energy,…

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More Ethanol Means Higher Prices, And Not Just For Gasoline

More Ethanol Means Higher Prices, And Not Just For Gasoline

By Nicolas Loris ~

Over the summer, President Donald Trump tweeted that his administration was working on an ethanol package that would be “Great for all!”

Now that we have the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft proposal, we can see he was half right. It’s great, all right—for the politically connected. It’s costly for everyone else.

Farmer Bob Geiger arrives June 11 for a visit by President…

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The Ethanol Mandate Promotes Swamp Dominance, Not Energy Dominance

The Ethanol Mandate Promotes Swamp Dominance, Not Energy Dominance

By Nicolas Loris and Samantha Block ~ Washington is known for political arm-twisting. There’s a good reason for that. It too often works, and it helps prop up bad policies like mandates to blend corn-based ethanol and other biofuels into our fuel supply. In September, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed cutting the volumetric requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard. The reductions…

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Finally, America May Be Catching On To Ethanol Racket

Finally, America May Be Catching On To Ethanol Racket

By Nicolas Loris ~ The results of the Iowa caucus proved even Iowans—long seen as fervent proponents of ethanol—don’t view Washington’s favoritism to it as necessarily still required. Much like many campaigns out there, the Renewable Fuel Standard that mandates the use of biofuels in our gasoline, has been full of empty promises. When Congress passed the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2005 and…

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Don’t Tweak The Biofuels Mandate, End It

Don’t Tweak The Biofuels Mandate, End It

By Nicolas Loris ~ This week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its biofuels targets for 2014-16 as part of the Renewable Fuels Standard passed in 2005. In the interest of forcing biofuels into the market, the agency now will require 17.4 billion gallons of biofuels be produced in 2016, 14 million of which can be corn-based ethanol. The proposal directly admits how bad the federal…

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I Come To Bury Renewable Fuel Standards

I Come To Bury Renewable Fuel Standards

Not to praise ethanol mandates that kill jobs, raise food costs, and hurt poor families and wildlife

By Paul Driessen ~

They say politics makes strange bedfellows. In a perfect example, U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) are cosponsoring the “Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act,” to abolish the corn ethanol Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which requires that increasing…

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