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Is US corn-based ethanol better or worse for the climate than gasoline?
by hammock 4y ago
Is US corn-based ethanol better or worse for the climate than gasoline?
- formvoltron 4y agoWorse. It loses energy or is energy break even between fertilizing, spraying, reaping, transporting, processing, & transporting again. However it does line some farm state pockets.
- rascul 4y agoIt might be worse. There was a discussion a few months ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30343170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30343170
- ip26 4y agoTopical: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-corn-based-ethanol-worse-climate-than-gasoline-study-finds-2022-02-14/ https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-corn-based-e...
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- thinkcontext 4y agoSome parts of the gov say better some say worse. The difference is in how land use effects are calculated. Everyone agrees it raises food prices.
- sieabahlpark 4y agoFantastic! It's like this administration is trying to kill the poorest people.