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Some counterpoints: - Ethanol effectively helps spread carbon emissions across a larger area. It significantly cleans the air around large cities, I guess at t
by sparrc 5y ago
Some counterpoints:
- Ethanol effectively helps spread carbon emissions across a larger area. It significantly cleans the air around large cities, I guess at the expense of more emissions in rural areas? But then again I'd guess most of those rural areas are not super concerned about carbon emissions and are very supportive of corn subsidies.
- Of the three goals of adding ethanol to gasoline, it seems like 2 of 3 of them are completely successful:
"The policy was intended to reduce emissions, support farmers, and cut U.S. dependence on energy imports."
- etaioinshrdlu 5y agoI am pretty sure that carbon emissions are only a global concern (global warming), not a local concern, while the reverse is true for other pollutants like particulate and nitrogen oxides.
- sidewndr46 5y agoHow does ethanol clean the air around large cities? It's still a hydrocarbon fuel and still requires a catalytic converter to lower the production of harmful byproducts from burning it inside of a cars cylinder.
- lobocinza 5y agoIt's a substitute for lead in gasoline. There might be other reasons too.
- sidewndr46 5y agoYou can have high octane gasoline without lead. Suggesting that ethanol replaced lead is facetious. It's also an absurd notion. Leaded gasoline to this still poisons the air of all 50 states in the form of 100LL avgas. Suggesting that a wasteful farming practice is saving us from lead is like shooting one foot off and the exclaiming that you "saved" your other foot.
- lobocinza 5y ago> You can have high octane gasoline without lead. Suggesting that ethanol replaced lead is facetious. I'm no expert on fuel mixtures but currently it does even if there better/worse alternatives. > Suggesting that a wasteful farming practice is saving us from lead is like shooting one foot off and the exclaiming that you "saved" your other foot. You are making an nonsensical generalization from a single study. This isn't black on white. Not all ethanol are corn ethanol and this is an industry that sees operational improvement year by year.