Ethanol likely worse than gasoline for carbon emissions, say researchers

The Renewable Fuel Standard, which guarantees corn ethanol and other biofuels a share of the U.S. gasoline market, results in the release of at least as much carbon “and likely at least 24 percent higher” greenhouse gas emissions than the petroleum it displaced, say scientists who studied the program’s first eight years. “Our findings suggest… » Read More

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