I’ve written a lot about ethanol for our fuel supply- both good and bad. (Ethanol as fuel stock and how the business case is provided, among others- check for ‘ethanol’ in the search at the right.) And, now that fuel demand is down, it’s not surprising that the stipulation that gasoline be augmented by ethanol is creating lots of problems. (For example, ethanol production is about 13.2 billion gallons- which is about 10% of the US petroleum production. With the drought, and the requirement that 14 billion gallons be combined this year, and lower gasoline demand, something has got to give.) So, it’s not surprising that the ethanol producers are looking at other things into which they can convert their corn, to insure the high returns (i.e., prices) they yield.
Tag Archives: Ethanol
Alternative Transportation Fuels
We have tough choices. We’ve been requiring the use of ethanol in our fuel, to lower our consumption of foreign oil. Now, we find we can (actually, now that the price of fuel is high enough, it makes sense to) obtain even more fuel from American sources, or at the very least from Canadian sources.
Grain alcohol
I’ve blogged about ethanol before (and I’m sure I will again). My last discussion was in response to the movie “Freedom”. (By the way, the filmmakers promised to send a reply and never did.) I believe we need to develop alternative sources for our energy needs- for balance of payments issues, for security issues, and for improving our economy (jobs).
Freedom. A movie about Energy.
Last night (it is now 4:59 AM on the 27th of October), I had the opportunity to see a screening of a new movie- Freedom. This semi-documentary was directed and produced by Rebecca and Josh Tickell. And, no, it’s not about the Bill of Rights, but about the use and production of ethanol fuels in the United States.