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America Was Wrong About Ethanol - Study Shows

Engineering Explained · 2.9M views · 2022-03-04 · 12:59

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Engineering Explained examines new research suggesting corn ethanol in US gasoline may emit as much or more carbon than gasoline. It covers the Renewable Fuel Standard and why ethanol was assumed to be a green fuel.

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Cited as an accessible summary of evidence that corn ethanol is no better than gasoline for emissions.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2022–2023

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Climate policy, solutions & debateCars, EVs & motorcyclesEarth & energy (other)
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dmbche · 2023-06 · Recommendation

This paper shows how much more efficient switchgrass is at producing ethanol than corn. This video is an interesting look at this whole issue:(Engineering Explained - America Was Wrong About Ethanol) [VIDEO] Especially his summary, where corn creates 20 percent less GHG than gasoline and ''breaks even'' after 28 years, while switchgrass creates 94% less GHG and breaks even in it's first year.

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dmbche · 2023-06 · Recommendation

This video is an interesting look at this whole issue:(Engineering Explained - America Was Wrong About Ethanol) [VIDEO] Especially his summary, where corn creates 20 percent less GHG than gasoline and ''breaks even'' after 28 years, while switchgrass creates 94% less GHG and breaks even in it's first year.

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dreamcompiler · 2022-04 · Recommendation

Supports your point with numbers: [VIDEO] tl;dr: Corn-based ethanol is at best as bad a carbon emitter as gasoline, and it's most likely worse.

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