The Facts around Ethanol in the United States
The Des Moines Register published an excellent article yesterday on ethanol. It has very useful information to understand ethanol and the different mixes sold in the US such as E10 and E85. It discusses consumer issues such as how to compare ethanol vs. gasoline in terms of pricing. It also discusses the industry and its future, given the promise of cellulose-produced ethanol. It provides a basic understanding of green house effects of ethanol. The article also quotes a couple of papers that discuss the answer of how much energy is placed into the production of ethanol vs. how much energy is yielded. It includes very interesting facts, numbers and tables.
Of course Iowa is the #1 Etahnol producer in the US, an Minnesota is the #1 Consumer and growing fast with about a third of the pumps currently serving E85 in America.
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