pjmedia.com by Rick Moran
A study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that ethanol mixed in with gasoline is not a very green alternative to using just gasoline. In fact, biofuels are at least 24% more carbon-intensive than gasoline due to “emissions resulting from land-use changes to grow corn, along with processing and combustion,” according to Reuters.
Many researchers have been making this point for years. They accuse the U.S. government of catering to the whims of big agriculture by mandating ethanol to be mixed in with gasoline in ever-larger percentages. Congress has been trying to eliminate the ethanol mandates because of the hell they play with engines…
