Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - January 13, 2017

Corn Ethanol Emissions 43 Percent Lower than Gasoline

On January 12, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a new report, “A Life-Cycle Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Based Ethanol.”  The report finds that over a ten-year period (2005 – 2015), production of corn-based ethanol is approximately 43 percent lower than gasoline. If production efficiency and farm conservation trends continue, the forecasters expect corn ethanol’s carbon footprint to be nearly 50 percent lower than gasoline by 2022.   These findings provide further argument for EPA to update its own life-cycle assessment of ethanol, as the agency was directed by the Inspector General last August.     

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