Ethanol production mandate. Medical search. Frequent questions

The new EPA requirement is between 12.7 and 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol for 2014. (fullmetalautos.com)
Even with the RFS requiring the use of billions of gallons of ethanol an year, ethanol is still more expensive than gasoline. (americanenergyalliance.org)
The reality is that billions of gallons of ethanol would be used regardless of the existence of the RFS. (americanenergyalliance.org)
The U.S. ended the 2004/05 marketing year (MY-September 2004-August 2005) with stocks of 2.1 billion bushels-enough to produce 5.7 billion gallons of ethanol. (usda.gov)
Because ethanol is less fuel efficient than gasoline, about 1.5 gallons of ethanol is needed to match the energy contained in a gallon of gasoline. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Between 2007 and 2014, about 92.5 billion gallons of ethanol were blended into domestic gasoline supplies. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

This calls into question why we still have mandates for biofuel production. (americanenergyalliance.org)
Crop prices for canola, soybeans, corn, and wheat, all feedstocks utilized in biofuel production, are all expected to trend lower as outlined in FCC Economics' grains and oilseed outlook . (fcc-fac.ca)
If we want to make more food available, there are two very clear areas where we can focus public policy-reducing biofuel production, which would make more land and food available for human consumption, and reducing food waste. (grassrootsonline.org)
The expansion of biofuel production is sapping a very significant share of food resources and food-producing land. (grassrootsonline.org)
Biofuel production: a drink-or-drive issue? (mst.edu)
While previous studies have examined biofuel production's impact on air quality, land use and net energy value, "the effect of increased biofuel production on water security has not been subjected to the same scrutiny," the researchers write. (mst.edu)
The main focus of previous studies looked at environmental trade-offs to fossil-fuel usage and not other aspects of biofuel production, according to the researchers. (mst.edu)
Biofuel production is part of our energy future, but it needs to be considered as part of a portfolio of energy sources and technologies. (mst.edu)

Washington, DC - A new report from the National Wildlife Federation details how millions acres of native prairie and other important wildlife habitat throughout the United States have been plowed under to make way for more corn and soybean plants to produce ethanol and biodiesel under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). (nwf.org)
However, if the United States successfully develops cellulosic biomass (wood fibers and crop residue) as an economical alternative feedstock for ethanol production, corn would become one of many crops and plant-based materials used to produce ethanol (see "That 70s Energy Scene" ). (usda.gov)
In an analysis of the water required to produce ethanol from various crops, Dr. Joel G. Burken, a professor of environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, and colleagues from Rice University and Clarkson University find that ethanol could become a costly proposition in terms of "gallons per mile" and other water quality issues. (mst.edu)

And as Mark Alexander wrote last year , "More than 90% of our nation's corn crop went toward feeding people and livestock in the year 2000, with less than 5% of the crop going toward ethanol. (patriotpost.us)
US - Corn prices continue to be supported by expectations that the USDA will reduce the forecast size of the 2010 US crop and by a rapid pace of ethanol production. (thedairysite.com)
Reported expectations for the November 9 USDA Crop Production report are for a slightly lower yield and production forecast, with the average yield guess reported at 154.4 bushels. (thedairysite.com)
For urban residents, the US biofuel mandates-now sending 40 percent of the US corn crop into ethanol production-are pushing up the price of corn, a staple food in Guatemala. (motherjones.com)
But that mandate means that up to 40 percent of the U.S. corn crop goes to ethanol production, taking corn directly away from human and animal consumption. (grassrootsonline.org)
The report documents how increasing crop production and conversion of natural lands places further burdens on numerous bird, animal, aquatic, and insect species, while also putting human health and recreation at risk due to increased water pollution. (nwf.org)
In light of these dramatic impacts, the report lays out recommendations for reforming the law to remove some of the harm associated with a government mandate for crop-based fuel. (nwf.org)
These general reform principles include reducing the mandate for first generation fuels made from corn and soybeans, prioritizing the next generation of cellulosic fuels that do not require new row crop production, strengthening the prohibition of clearing new land for biofuels, and establishing funding for protection and rehabilitation of habitats and waterways impacted by the agricultural expansion. (nwf.org)
Mr Palmer said that feed costs have risen in Australia being forced up as in other countries around the world by drivers such as the demand for feed in countries such as India and China and because of the weather situation in Australia with the continuing drought and through the demands being placed in the crop market by ethanol production. (thecattlesite.com)
In Nebraska, for example, it takes 800 gallons of water - from crop irrigation through final processing into ethanol - to create a single gallon of the corn-derived transportation fuel. (mst.edu)

The study is the first comprehensive look at climate pollution from the cropland expansion following the enactment of the ethanol mandate-formally known as the Renewable Fuel Standard. (nwf.org)
Subsidized ethanol production from U.S. corn is not a renewable energy source. (blogspot.com)
In light of the widespread droughts that are causing severe economic harm to our nation's farmers and ranchers, I am proud that a bipartisan group of senators signed on to the Hagan/Chambliss letter that asks EPA to use its authority to waive the corn-ethanol mandate of the Renewable Fuels Standard," said Sen. Hagan. (beefmagazine.com)
Congress enacted the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2005 and expanded it in 2007, setting required production goals for various biofuels to stimulate production of alternative fuels and reduce U.S. dependency on foreign oil. (purdue.edu)
Refiners have incentive to produce more E85 because the ethanol price is falling compared with gasoline and they may be able to get added revenue from their blending credits called RINs, short for renewable fuel identification numbers. (purdue.edu)
Mandates such as the RFS and California's LCFS are just stealth stimulus programs, aimed at helping favored industries (the renewable fuel idustry), with hidden costs passed to consumers. (pacificresearch.org)
With the elimination of MTBE as a gasoline additive to cut smog due to its tendency to contaminate soil and groundwater, ethanol became the clean-air, renewable" fuel solution. (fullmetalautos.com)
Unfortunately, when it came to the subject of ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), most of the White House hopefuls resorted to pandering to voters rather than speaking truth about failed policy. (patriotpost.us)
The Ethanol Mandate, maintained by the EPA under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program, requires renewable fuel to be blended into motor-vehicle fuels and fuels for non-road, locomotive, and marine engines in increasing amounts each year. (atr.org)
These credits, known as Renewable Identification Numbers , or RINs, are generated by the production of biofuels and can be bought and sold by refiners, as well as banked for future use. (atr.org)
[4] If ethanol were cost-competitive, then the Renewable Fuel Standard would not be needed. (americanenergyalliance.org)
Corn prices in the United States have steadily increased since 2007, when new legislation known as the Renewable Fuel Standard began requiring the use of a percentage of corn in the production of a biofuel called ethanol. (ipsnews.net)
In November, for instance, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the governing body over these biofuel mandates, will rule on whether or not to grant a waiver for the Renewable Fuel Standards. (ipsnews.net)
Outgoing Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Renewable Fuel Standard will survive a Donald Trump administration because ethanol is too well-established in rural areas. (hoosieragtoday.com)
Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have led to federal and provincial policy changes that are expected to increase the use of ethanol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel in Canada. (fcc-fac.ca)
The Canadian biofuel industry is forecast to grow over the next decade as emission reduction mandates will increase ethanol, biodiesel and renewable diesel production. (fcc-fac.ca)
Recent U.S. tax credit policy changes (coming in 2025) will switch to a producer tax credit, meaning only U.S. biodiesel or renewable diesel production will be eligible. (fcc-fac.ca)
However, under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act , this tax credit has been switched to a producer tax credit, meaning only U.S. biodiesel or renewable diesel production will be eligible starting in 2025. (fcc-fac.ca)
In a news release, Valero Vice President of Renewable Fuels Martin Parrish said, "Joining RFA provides a strong conduit to support our operations, especially as we cooperatively work to promote renewables, grow our ethanol market and provide opportunities to further strengthen the nation's liquid fuel sector. (governorsbiofuelscoalition.org)
Industry groups are watching for signs of the incoming Trump administration's commitment, counting on signals during the campaign that Trump supports renewable fuels despite skepticism about federal mandates of all sorts. (governorsbiofuelscoalition.org)
During the early part of 2010, when the volumetric ethanol excise tax exemption (VEETC) looked like it was heading towards elimination, ethanol industry contortionist Bob Dinneen of the Renewable Fuels Association worked hard to paint the subsidy as vital to all things American. (earthtrack.net)
One factor that seems to be contributing to the relatively high price of RINs is the volume requirements mandated by the U.S. EPA under the renewable fuel standard (RFS2). (earthtrack.net)
Corn-based fuels from new plants had to reach a minimum of 20% GHG reductions relative to gasoline in order to qualify as renewable under the renewable fuel standard mandates. (earthtrack.net)
In the U.S., there is the federal Renewable Fuel Standard mandate, which calls for a specific volume of corn-based ethanol to be incorporated into our gasoline. (grassrootsonline.org)
The Renewable Fuels Standard in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 sets mandates for biofuels production in the United States and was intended to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

Ethanol production is inefficient with 29% more fossil fueled energy needed to produce a gallon of ethanol, than is available in that gallon of ethanol for energy use. (blogspot.com)
The second factor is the blend wall - the maximum quantity of ethanol that can be sold each year given legal or practical constraints on how much can be blended into each gallon of motor fuel. (globalwarming.org)
There are several scenarios where refiners will have to recover as much as $1.00 or more for every gallon of ethanol blended into the transportation fuel. (pacificresearch.org)
This cost can only be recovered through higher prices for E-10 and distillate, and depending on a wide range of factors, could easily drive gasoline and distillate prices up by 10-25 cents/gallon over the next 2-3 years as compared to a scenario without the fuel mandates. (pacificresearch.org)
From 1980 to 2011, ethanol producers received $0.45 for every gallon of ethanol they produced. (fullmetalautos.com)
To illustrate this grossly inefficient use of our natural resources, the amount of grain required to fill a 25-gallon automotive fuel tank with ethanol is enough grain to feed one person for an entire year. (patriotpost.us)
Signed into law by President Bush, the standards were meant to promote energy independence, requiring ever-increasing numerical gallon requirements for the use of ethanol and advanced biofuels in transportation fuels. (technologyreview.com)
This means that if you put 1 gallon of gasoline in your car and 1 gallon of ethanol in your friend's identical model, you'll go 15% farther than your friend. (atr.org)
This is true on a gallon-per-gallon basis, however ethanol provides less energy per gallon. (atr.org)
Gas prices will increase ' $1 per gallon by 2015 and take a $550 billion bite out of Americans' take-home pay when the EPA's RFS increases the ethanol mandate past the 10% blend wall . (atr.org)
For the ethanol lobby, it's not enough that government props up their product with Soviet-style production quota, protective tariffs, a 45-cent-per-gallon blenders tax credit, R&D handouts, and other support. (globalwarming.org)
The Trump-Pruitt Environmental Protection Agency proposed to use its "waiver authority" to reduce its 2018 biodiesel requirement by 15% (315 million gallons) and (possibly) lower the 2019 total down to the 1-billion-gallon minimum mandated by Congress. (wattsupwiththat.com)
Nearly every gallon of gasoline now has 10% ethanol blended into it. (axios.com)
Governor Ed Rendell has proposed issuing $850 million in new debt to subsidize select "alternative energy" companies and energy conservation efforts, along with a mandate that every gallon of gasoline contain 10% ethanol. (commonwealthfoundation.org)
The federal government already mandates ethanol use (7.5 billion gallons by 2012, with the U.S. Senate proposing 36 billion gallons by 2022, which would require every acre currently used for corn to be dedicated to ethanol ) and subsidizes ethanol producers to the tune of 51 cents per gallon (on top of current farm subsidies). (commonwealthfoundation.org)
Because the energy content of ethanol is less than gasoline, vehicles running on E10 (10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline), will generally get 3 percent to 4 percent fewer miles per gallon than they would if they were running on pure gasoline. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
In December 2014, the rack price of a gallon of ethanol was $2.40 , while a gallon of unleaded gasoline was $1.73. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
That means it costs about $3.60 a gallon to get the same amount of energy from ethanol as from a gallon of gasoline, making ethanol about twice as expensive as gasoline in that month. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Over that eight-year period, the energy-equivalent cost of ethanol averaged about 90 cents per gallon more than gasoline. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
To arrive at their gallons-per-mile figures, the researchers first looked at the amount of water required to produce a single gallon of ethanol. (mst.edu)
Divide that by an average mileage of 16 miles per gallon (or two-thirds the average for gasoline-powered cars, a standard average for ethanol-powered vehicles), and the result is 50 gallons of water per mile. (mst.edu)

The basic change since the RFS was passed is that we have not achieved the cellulosic biofuels production desired," he noted. (purdue.edu)
Today, lobbyist C. Boyden Gray argues in the Washington Times that the entire idea of indirect land use, "including as far away as Southeast Asia or Brazil," being considered when assessing the impact of biofuels production is just "flat wrong. (earthtrack.net)
In biofuels production, it is the developed countries that are driving this demand, the U.S. and the European Union in particular. (grassrootsonline.org)

The RFS requires 13.2 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol to be produced in 2012 and 13.8 billion gallons in 2013, amounts that will use about 4.7 billion and 4.9 billion bushels, respectively, of the nation's corn. (beefmagazine.com)
In a giant blow to the ethanol/corn belt lobby, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to reduce the ethanol mandate of incorporating 14 billion gallons of the biofuel into the nation's gasoline supply. (fullmetalautos.com)
Back in 2007, as gasoline prices were poised to surge and it appeared that American was never going to be free of its imported-oil addiction, Congress mandated that certain quantities of ethanol be included in the nation's fuel supply. (fullmetalautos.com)
The nation's voracious demand for sugarcane-derived ethanol is actively wiping out what's left of the Atlantic rainforest, indirectly contributing to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and using huge amounts of greenhouse-gas-emitting nitrogen fertilizer, Kozloff shows. (motherjones.com)
The year 2005 was marked by a flurry of construction activity in the Nation's ethanol industry, as ground was broken on dozens of new plants throughout the U.S. Corn Belt and plans were drawn for even more facilities. (usda.gov)

The EPA had been considering revising its 2014 mandate in part because declining demand for gasoline has led to a corn ethanol "blend wall," the point at which the market cannot consume as much ethanol as the EPA requires to be produced. (purdue.edu)
On both fronts, the opposite occurred: Oil production skyrocketed and demand for gasoline leveled off. (axios.com)

With negative margins, ethanol blending could decline to or below the mandated level, as blenders use credits generated by recent excess blending levels to partially meet the mandates. (thedairysite.com)

By going to www.EndTheEthanolMandate.com you can voice your concern to Congress that the mandate is failed policy. (atr.org)
Trump and his top advisers have been meeting in recent months with companies that refine oil and those that produce corn ethanol, as well as their allies in Congress to find elusive middle ground over the mandate's compliance costs. (axios.com)
When Congress created the mandate in 2005 and expanded it in 2007, lawmakers predicted increasing gasoline demand and decreasing oil production. (axios.com)
While refineries and ethanol companies battle it out over the mandate's compliance costs, the third goal Congress had in mind of combating climate change is lost in the noise. (axios.com)
It is time for EPA to follow the law by enforcing required wildlife safeguards and for leaders from both parties in Congress to step in and stop the madness by reducing the corn ethanol mandate and partnering with farmers to ensure they have the right tools and incentives to restore America's native grassland prairies that have borne the brunt of this policy. (nwf.org)
Cellulosic production is complex, has logistical challenges, and is expensive, which is why cellulosic biofuels did not enter the market of their own accord and had to be mandated by Congress. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Since chemical weapons no longer have any value as a military deterrent, Congress has mandated that all chemical agents and munitions be destroyed by the end of the year 2004 (NRC 1994). (cdc.gov)

Accommodating increasing volumes of ethanol into the gasoline pool will likely require substantial increases in the price of E-10 and diesel fuels as refiners and marketers face the higher costs of meeting the mandate. (pacificresearch.org)
While some subsidies and government assistance probably do have a place in the development of alternatives to fossil fuels, the reduction in the ethanol mandate for 2014 is welcome news for nearly everyone - taxpayers, automakers, gasoline producers, and consumers - except for those in the corn-growing or ethanol-production businesses. (fullmetalautos.com)
Progress in commercializing advanced biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol has been slow despite federal rules mandating the use of such fuels. (technologyreview.com)
In 2010, U.S. energy consumption and production increased for all fuels, except hydroelectric power. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Production of all fossil fuels-coal, oil, and natural gas-on federal lands tumbled in fiscal 2010. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Energy production and consumption increased in 2010 for most fuels, but the story of what could be is really in the details. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Production of fossil fuels on federal lands tumbled due to government actions taken that limited production, which is in sharp contrast to the increasing production on lands not owned by the federal government. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Scientists predict that within a decade the current method of bio-fuel production is likely to be replaced with advanced bio-fuels . (copperwiki.org)
As first generation bio-fuels like ethanol and bio-diesel is facing severe challenges, mostly in terms of production costs, efficiency, transport and distribution, and costly vehicle modification. (copperwiki.org)
The new advanced bio-fuels will begin growing in overdrive from 2015 when out put from corn-based ethanol in the US is expected to peak. (copperwiki.org)
The RFS sets a mandated consumption floor for favored fuels, in good times or bad, high corn prices or low. (earthtrack.net)
An OECD report found that "Most biofuels have an overall environmental performance that is worse than gasoline " and that corn-based ethanol is among the most environmentally damaging fuels. (commonwealthfoundation.org)
The government is not creating an artificial market for ethanol, but the RFS is seeking to level the playing field and ensure alternatives to fossil fuels have market access so consumers are given a choice instead of a de-facto mandate to use petroleum based products. (growthenergy.org)

The total U.S. production capacity for biodiesel reached 2.24 billion US gallons per year (8.5×10^6 m3/a) in 2007, although poor market conditions held 2007 production to about 450 million US gallons (1.7×10^6 m3), according to the National Biodiesel Board (NBB). (wikipedia.org)
citation needed] U.S. biodiesel production hit an all-time high in 2015, its second record-breaking year in a row. (wikipedia.org)
Imperium Renewables in Washington has the largest biodiesel production facility in the US, capable of making 100 million US gallons per year (380×10^3 m3/a). (wikipedia.org)
On October 16, 2006, the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan announced an agreement with local Western Michigan University's biodiesel R & D program to use the biodiesel research to build a 100 thousand US gallons per year (380 m3/a) production system at the city wastewater treatment plant, and convert the city bus system to run entirely off of the fuel. (wikipedia.org)
In March 2002, the Minnesota State Legislature passed a bill which mandated that all diesel sold in the state must contain at least 2% biodiesel. (wikipedia.org)
The requirement took effect on June 30, 2005, and was the first biodiesel mandate in the US. (wikipedia.org)
In March 2006, Washington became the second state to pass a 2% biodiesel mandate, with a start-date set for December 1, 2008. (wikipedia.org)
BioWillie National Biodiesel Board "U.S. Biodiesel Production Capacity" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
Tyner also said the EPA's target of 1.28 billion gallons of biodiesel fuel next year could be increased to 1.5 billion gallons because production this year likely will exceed 1.6 billion. (purdue.edu)
If the mandates are repealed, says Tyner, "then cellulosic biofuels and biodiesel would cease to exist. (technologyreview.com)
Some analyses conclude that domestic biodiesel output is actually one billion gallons below what the mandate explicitly and in reality requires. (wattsupwiththat.com)
Finally, foreign production often generates more social and environmental problems than biodiesel. (wattsupwiththat.com)
In fact, over the entire life cycle of growing and harvesting crops, turning them into fuel, transporting and using them in vehicles, ethanol and biodiesel emit as much CO2 as petroleum - and require infinitely more acreage. (wattsupwiththat.com)
That happened just as the ag community was lobbying the agency to back off rules that cut the federal production mandate for biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol. (radioiowa.com)
Other feedstock production costs for biofuels have begun to decline, notably those for biodiesel (e.g. canola oil and soy oil), along with prices for diesel and bio-diesel that have trended lower from last year's highs (Figure 2). (fcc-fac.ca)
The mandated production using the current technology has driven the use of ethanol production from corn and biodiesel from soybeans as these are the currently available technologies. (mst.edu)

Steckel here is admitting that the biofuel industry is dependent on subsidies and mandates. (americanenergyalliance.org)
End subsidies and mandates for all energy types and allow all energy companies to compete on a level playing field. (commonwealthfoundation.org)
Feed grain must be available at an affordable price and Government subsidies and mandates on ethanol lead to a distorted price,' he said. (thecattlesite.com)

A waiver from the corn-ethanol mandate will provide much needed relief for livestock and poultry producers suffering from record high corn prices brought on by the worst drought in 50 years. (beefmagazine.com)
According to the report, in recent months corn ethanol producers have faced a number of financial setbacks, including at least one highly visible bankruptcy. (pacificresearch.org)
Plus, not only did corn producers have a large built-in market for their crops, but ethanol producers also received various forms of subsidies over the years. (fullmetalautos.com)
Ethanol producers argue that their ' prices are pushed lower because their product is cheaper than gasoline . (atr.org)
Streamline the permitting and citing processes and ease regulatory burdens for energy production facilities for all energy producers and providers. (commonwealthfoundation.org)
The tremendous expansion of the ethanol sector raises a key question: Where will ethanol producers get the corn needed to increase their output? (usda.gov)
One possibility is that ethanol producers will secure the additional corn they need by competing with other buyers in the marketplace and bidding up the price of corn. (usda.gov)
Growth Energy represents the producers and supporters of ethanol who f eed the world and fuel America in ways that achieve energy independence, improve economic well-being and create a healthier environment for all Americans now. (growthenergy.org)

Is America large enough to grow the crops necessary to make all the ethanol that could be consumed by those cars? (globalwarming.org)
Cellulosic ethanol can be produced from a wide variety of cellulosic biomass feedstocks including agricultural plant wastes (corn stover, cereal straws, sugarcane bagasse), plant wastes from industrial processes (sawdust, paper pulp) and energy crops grown specifically for fuel production, such as switchgrass. (copperwiki.org)
The researchers report that ethanol derived from corn grown in Nebraska, for example, would require 50 gallons of water per mile driven, when all the water needed in irrigation of crops and processing into ethanol is considered. (mst.edu)
Moreover, increasing production of biofuels from row crops will likely result in more water pollution due to soil erosion and the increased use of pesticides to grow enough crops to meet federal mandates for more ethanol, the researchers say. (mst.edu)
With the federal Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 calling for a dramatic ramp-up in ethanol production by 2015, Burken and his colleagues foresee additional water quality problems due to "increased agricultural activity such as tilling more land for row crops and higher fertilizer and agrichemical application. (mst.edu)
The Energy Independence and Security Act requires the United States to produce 15 billion gallons of corn-derived ethanol annually by 2015 and 16 billion gallons of fuel from cellulosic crops, such as switchgrass, by 2016. (mst.edu)

However, the cost of blending even larger volumes of ethanol into the gasoline pool, beyond oxygenate levels, as required by law, is likely to escalate markedly in the coming years, particularly as ethanol exceeds 10 percent of the gasoline pool. (pacificresearch.org)
With less gasoline being consumed each year while the ethanol content requirement is an absolute number of gallons rather than a percent of all gasoline, the EPA was faced with the choice of either endorsing higher-than-E10 blends for vehicles not designed to use that high of a concentration, or lowering the requirement so that it's back to roughly 10 percent of the gasoline mix. (fullmetalautos.com)

One is that the RFS requires obligated parties - refiners, blenders, and fuel importers - to sell 1.75 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol in 2014. (globalwarming.org)
I think it is a mistake to put the RFS that low," said Tyner, who recommended that the corn ethanol requirement be set at 13.9 billion gallons to provide inventive for refiners to blend and sell more E85 fuel, a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and gasoline that can be used only in "flex fuel" cars. (purdue.edu)
Federal mandates requiring so-called obligated parties, i.e., refiners, blenders, and importers, to use larger volumes of ethanol in the gasoline pool over the next few years will help the ethanol industry recover, this recovery will come at a cost, largely reflected in rising prices of gasoline and middle distillates. (pacificresearch.org)
Currently, corn ethanol refiners in the U.S. have the capacity to produce over 14.9 billion gallons, gasoline refiners can only blend 13.3 billion gallons into the fuel supply, which leads to the 'Blend Wall' - the point at which the maximum amount of gasoline has been blended with 10% ethanol as required by law. (atr.org)
Instead, ' demand has declined, and refiners, obligated to blend more ethanol than they can actually use, have resorted to buying a lot of ethanol credits to meet the mandate levels . (atr.org)
Corn ethanol's share of the fuel market is growing and testing some refiners' ability to comply with the mandate. (axios.com)
Other oil companies, ranging from giants Shell and BP to independent refiners like Andeavor, are better situated to comply with the mandate. (axios.com)
It is important to note that refiners would be using some amount of ethanol as an oxygenate and octane booster even if the RFS had never existed. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

The higher costs will come from lower utilization rates at U.S. refineries and higher distribution costs for ethanol. (pacificresearch.org)
Some refineries are facing high costs to comply because they don't have the capacity to blend ethanol. (axios.com)
These refineries, which include Northeast-based firms PBF Energy and bankrupt Philadelphia Energy Solutions, want the mandate relaxed so their costs go down. (axios.com)

Further, Tyner recommended that the EPA increase its 2014 proposal for production of cellulosic biofuels, which come from such sources as corn stover and switchgrass, from 17 million gallons to 30 million gallons, closer to his expectation of actual production. (purdue.edu)
That money has been spent despite research showing that production of cellulosic biofuels likely results in carbon-dioxide emissions that are higher than those from conventional gasoline. (dallasnews.com)
EISA requires that by 2022, 36 billion gallons of biofuels will be produced with 21 billion gallons being advanced biofuels and 16 billion gallons of that being cellulosic biofuels, capping corn-based ethanol at 15 billion gallons. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
EISA required production of cellulosic biofuels to start in 2010, but the first commercial plants were not in existence until 2013, and even then, they could not meet the volumes required by EISA. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

Instead, the best formula for the future may be more investment in local small-scale farming, reduced production of biofuels like corn-based ethanol and the elimination of food waste. (grassrootsonline.org)

The blend wall is reached when more than 10 percent of ethanol must be blended into gasoline to reach the mandates in EISA. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

As of 2005, it is more expensive than petroleum-diesel, though it is still commonly produced in relatively small quantities (in comparison to petroleum products and ethanol fuel). (wikipedia.org)
The report by EPFF does assert that the ethanol mandate has redued net U.S. imports of petroleum. (pacificresearch.org)
Brazil, an industrial-agriculture powerhouse, has used domestically produced sugarcane derived ethanol to become largely petroleum-independent. (motherjones.com)

Conventional ethanol is derived from grains such as corn and wheat or soybeans. (copperwiki.org)

Because the RFS creates a price-insensitive mandate, the rising feedstock prices would not divert supply from fuel to food markets as quickly as without the mandate. (earthtrack.net)
In the future, corn may cease to be the main feedstock for U.S. ethanol production if cellulosic biomass is successfully developed as an alternative. (usda.gov)
As long as corn is the primary feedstock for ethanol in the U.S., however, sustained increases in ethanol production will eventually require adjustments in the corn market. (usda.gov)

Ethanol evaporates easily, causing increases in summertime ozone smog pollution in higher population areas, such as Philadelphia, Lancaster, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. (blogspot.com)
Oats production is expected to increase from that in 2008 because of increases in planted and harvested acres, plus expected higher trend yields. (thepoultrysite.com)
Some claim we need to increase world food production by 70 percent to avoid future shortages, especially in developing countries, where the greatest population increases are expected over the next 35 years. (grassrootsonline.org)
And, according to the Congressional Budget Office, American motorists can expect further cost increases if the original RFS mandates are forced to be met. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Ethanol increases purine catabolism in the liver and increases the formation of lactic acid, which blocks urate secretion by the renal tubules, and ethanol may also stimulate liver urate synthesis. (msdmanuals.com)

The FEW is also the ethanol industry's premier forum for unveiling new technologies and research findings. (scsengineers.com)

Due to lower overall fuel consumption from a more efficient vehicle fleet since 2007, the EPA would have in effect required higher than 10% ethanol blends in gasoline for 2014, which automakers believe could cause damage to fuel system parts. (fullmetalautos.com)
The ethanol lobby, supported by lobbyists for corn-producing states, had been pushing the EPA for an increase in the requirement, and for the widespread introduction of E15 (15% ethanol, 85% gasoline) against the better judgment of most automakers. (fullmetalautos.com)
Instead of reducing barriers to oil production in the United States, these special interest promote whatever their preferred policy is whether it's mandating ethanol, forcing automakers to increase fuel efficiency, or arguing for a carbon tax. (americanenergyalliance.org)

Reporters should ask ethanol lobbyists: Do you support Soviet-style production quota generally, or only when it rigs the market in favor of your industry? (globalwarming.org)
Programs, mandates and subsidies beget vocal beneficiaries, industries, lobbyists, and crony corporatist arrangements between them and elected representatives - who receive dinners, trips and campaign contributions in exchange for votes that perpetuate programs, mandates, subsidies and electoral success. (wattsupwiththat.com)

This cropland expansion driven in part by the ethanol mandate has far-reaching impacts on the climate through its effects on the land and the carbon that it stores," said Seth Spawn, lead author of the work in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin . (nwf.org)
Similar price impacts are likely in California as the Air Resources Board moves to implement the Low Carbon Fuel Standard which relies heaviliy on ethanol and similar gasoline and diesel substitutes. (pacificresearch.org)
Very little oil is used in the production of electric power, so the plunge in oil prices primarily impacts the transportation sector," says Massoud Amin, director of the Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota, and a former executive at the Electric Power Research Institute, a utility-funded research group. (technologyreview.com)
He argues in the article that including any evaluation of indirect land use impacts from US fuel production is simply "too difficult" to include. (earthtrack.net)

Alexander, who is a cattleman from Nebraska, said corn-based ethanol has done a lot to stabilize many rural communities in his state and yields a co-product, dried distillers' grains, which many cattlemen use as a feed ingredient. (beefmagazine.com)
With plentiful supplies of distillers' grains from ethanol production in 2009/10, feed and residual use is expected to total 141 million tons for the four feed grains, down from 145 million in 2008/09. (thepoultrysite.com)
Phosphorus reduction from livestock and poultry feeds such as corn ethanol distillers' grains (DGs) presents a centralized strategy for reducing P loss from animal manurein agriculturally intensive states, but little is known about the actual distribution and geospatial P contributions of DGs as animal feed. (bvsalud.org)

A smaller production forecast without any change in the consumption forecasts would further reduce the expectations for the size of year ending stocks. (thedairysite.com)
Since President Obama's election, domestic production of oil and gas has surged, making the U.S. the world's largest energy producer and reducing oil imports from 57 percent to 24 percent of our consumption. (theconversation.com)

The most recent USDA Baseline Projections suggest that much of the additional corn needed for ethanol production will be diverted from exports. (usda.gov)
the 2006 Baseline projects higher use for ethanol and lower exports than the 2005 Baseline. (usda.gov)
If demand for ethanol reduces the availability of U.S. corn for export, one might ask how this will alter the geographical composition of U.S. exports. (usda.gov)

For the year, the USDA has projected a 3.1 percent increase in the amount of corn used for ethanol production. (thedairysite.com)
Such a waiver would decrease the amount of corn being used to make ethanol and lead to lower corn prices. (ipsnews.net)

The hard-charging environmental lobby rallies around corn-based ethanol as a fuel alternative because ecofascists have great faith that it's better for the environment (spoiler alert: it's not). (patriotpost.us)
Like the Johnny Rocco character portrayed by Edward G. Robinson in the Bogart and Becall classic Key Largo , the ethanol lobby always wants "more. (globalwarming.org)
While Valero Renewables is a subsidiary, it doesn't lobby separately from its parent corporation, and Valero Energy's lack of support for policies that would boost production of E-15 suggests Valero and the RFA may make odd partners, said a leader of one pro-ethanol organization. (governorsbiofuelscoalition.org)
I suspect this is likely for C. Boyden Gray and Associates (despite this article from 1990 where Gray seems to be irked by pressure from the ethanol lobby), but it ought to be stated in black and white. (earthtrack.net)

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - Amid record-setting wild fires out West , recent climate assessment sounding the alarm about threats from rising global temperatures, and data showing 2017 will be one of the hottest years on record , new research from the University of Wisconsin finds that the federal corn ethanol mandate is contributing to climate change. (nwf.org)
Yet the federal government mandates ethanol production. (grist.org)
Although greater use of ethanol is mandated by federal law, the industry is suffering from over capacity, and struggling to compete in an environment of falling gasoline prices. (pacificresearch.org)
Federal biofuel mandates were created with an energy bill passed by the U.S. government in in 2005. (technologyreview.com)
A CBO study found - ethanol production 'has exerted upward pressure on the price of corn, and ultimately, on the retail price of food, affecting both individual consumers and federal expenditures on nutritional support programs. (atr.org)
The CBO also found ethanol production drove up federal spending on nutritional programs by $900 million. (atr.org)
But just because some ethanol is good does not mean that the federal government needs to mandate more. (americanenergyalliance.org)
Also affecting energy production were fewer leases let on federal lands onshore [vi] . (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
The Annual Energy Review reports fossil energy production on lands owned by the federal government including military, Outer Continental Shelf, and public lands. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
[vii] Coal production on federal lands declined by 2.9 percent , oil production's decline was ten-fold higher at 29 percent , and natural gas production's decline was even larger at 36 percent . (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
This is in sharp contrast to production occuring on non-federal lands. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
It would be interesting to see just how much domestic production we could produce if only the federal government would allow it. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Trump would put fossil energy production on steroids , opening up or selling federal lands for exploration and production of oil, gas and even coal. (theconversation.com)
A subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp. - one of the biggest critics of the federal ethanol mandate - is joining one of the largest trade associations fighting for the mandate's survival. (governorsbiofuelscoalition.org)
Federal requirements to increase the production of ethanol has developed into a "drink-or-drive issue" in the Midwest as a result of biofuel production's impact on water supplies and water quality, says an environmental engineering researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology in the latest issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology . (mst.edu)
While it's unlikely the EISA will be repealed, Burken hopes lawmakers and regulators at the state and federal levels "consider a life-cycle analysis before implementing future mandates" for energy sources. (mst.edu)

The last six months have been about RINs and most people have no idea what that is and why we are talking about RINs," said Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, a coalition of ethanol companies. (axios.com)

According to the research, which is being presented today at the America's Grasslands Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, in the years following enactment of the current ethanol mandate in 2007, more than 7 million acres of habitat were plowed under to plant corn and soy, leading to the release of climate pollution equivalent to the annual emissions of 20 million new cars on the road. (nwf.org)
Ethanol blends also increase VOC emissions from gasoline, one of major necessary components that combine to create polluting ground level ozone smog. (blogspot.com)
Increased emissions reduction mandates within Canada (e.g. (fcc-fac.ca)
Biofuels such as ethanol reduce fossil fuel use and can produce fewer greenhouse emissions. (grassrootsonline.org)
and a recession beginning in 2008 with a sluggish economy thereafter, combined with a natural gas production boom enlarging its market share versus coal for electrical generation resulted in a lowering of greenhouse gas emissions. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

He said he was concerned about the government subsidies that were going to ethanol production and also the fact that grain being dedicated to ethanol together with import restrictions on feed grain were forcing feed prices up. (thecattlesite.com)

But few groups who claim to want to reduce foreign oil imports actually promote the most obvious source of reduction import-increasing domestic U.S. oil production. (americanenergyalliance.org)
With a few exceptions (such as biofuels so environmentally-challenged they can't even meet the weak RFS2 ghg reduction standards), these are the very same gallons eligible to meet the RFS2 mandates. (earthtrack.net)
This reduction, by statute, had to include indirect land use, an effort to recognize that a large surge of land under fuel production would result in loss of carbon sequestering vegetation elsewhere. (earthtrack.net)
Freshwater quality and ecosystem impairment associated with excess phosphorus (P) loadings have led to federally mandated P reduction for certain organic waste streams. (bvsalud.org)
Here, a county-level flow network for corn ethanol DGs was simulated in the United States to elucidate opportunities for P reduction and the potential for nutrient trading between centralized sources. (bvsalud.org)

The plunge in oil prices, accelerated by a recent OPEC decision to maintain production targets, will deal a new blow to efforts to commercialize advanced biofuels such as ethanol made from woody plant waste, or diesel made from plant oils. (technologyreview.com)

Ethanol blended with gasoline is more volatile (evaporates more easily) than gasoline with other additives, and ethanol blends combined with other gasoline in the vehicle gas tank can be more volatile still, putting significantly more pollution into the air. (blogspot.com)

Corn used to make ethanol was increased 50 million bushels to 3.75 billion bushels, reflecting expectations for sharply higher ethanol production in March and April as indicated by weekly gasoline production data from the Energy Information Administration. (thepoultrysite.com)

The program extensively covers cellulosic ethanol while remaining committed to optimizing existing grain ethanol operations. (scsengineers.com)
Grain and fuel are not the only staples affected by these biofuel mandates. (ipsnews.net)
World coarse grain production in 2009/10 is projected to be down 1.5 per cent from the previous year's record but beginning stocks are up more than production is down, leaving global supplies large and slightly increasing. (thepoultrysite.com)
US feed grain production for 2009/10 is projected at 323 million metric tons, down from 325.9 million in 2008/09. (thepoultrysite.com)
Feed grain use is expected to increase three per cent in 2009/10, with higher projected ethanol production. (thepoultrysite.com)
Mr Palmer said that grain fed and grass fed systems are parallel production systems. (thecattlesite.com)
The introduction of feedlots has had the effect of taking the edge off the effect the drought has on pasture lands, and by using feedlots, the Australian industry has managed to increase production, despite the drought, through grain fed finishing. (thecattlesite.com)
Our ability to increase production despite dry seasons has historically been due to a move to grain finished or grain fed production, and Australia is getting better at managing droughts, he said. (thecattlesite.com)
However, Mr Palmer also called for a level playing field in the competition for grain for feed for the cattle industry and grain for the production of ethanol. (thecattlesite.com)

It appears that the pace of ethanol production could be significantly influenced by the fate of the blenders' tax credit that is due to expire at the end of the current calendar year. (thedairysite.com)

Farmers, particularly those in Iowa, embrace the policy mandating ethanol as a fuel additive because it raises demand for corn and puts more money in their pockets. (patriotpost.us)
An Associated Press investigation into ethanol production revealed that, in their rush to clear land to plant corn, farmers "wiped out millions of acres of conservation land, destroyed habitat and polluted water supplies. (patriotpost.us)
And for Guatemala's subsistence farmers, biofuel mandates in the Global North mean less land for growing food. (motherjones.com)
The country's lush farmland is largely "owned by a handful of families," Rosenthal reports, and they're finding it much more profitable to grow sugarcane and palm to satisfy Europe's biofuel mandates than to rent it to peasant farmers to grow food. (motherjones.com)

The increase in corn prices due to the Ethanol Mandate has dramatically increased the price of animal feed and forced some livestock operators out of business. (atr.org)
Expanding corn productions have only partially offset the rapid growth in demand, resulting in higher corn prices for feed. (atr.org)
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 2012 (IPS) - Rising corn prices in the United States brought about by biofuel mandates have cost developing countries 6.6 billion dollars over the past six years, according to new research released here on Wednesday. (ipsnews.net)
And because 40 percent of all U.S.-grown corn translates to 15 percent of global corn production, corn prices have increased by 21 percent over the past six years. (ipsnews.net)

Tyner, the James and Lois Ackerman Professor of Agricultural Economics, commented on the EPA's proposal to trim total production of biofuels from the current mandate of 18.15 billion gallons to 15.21 billion. (purdue.edu)
Though that particular subsidy has ended, at the low end of the EPA's 2014 ethanol production mandate, that would have cost $5.7 billion and the government has spent over $45 billion in ethanol subsidies over the past few years. (fullmetalautos.com)

E-15 is a gasoline mix with 15 percent ethanol. (governorsbiofuelscoalition.org)

For individuals and families living paycheck-to-paycheck and struggling to make ends meet, the ethanol "tax" on their food prices has surely been an unwelcome development. (fullmetalautos.com)
However, growing all the corn necessary to meet Washington's arbitrary mandate (and its subsequent effect on food prices), along with the intensive production process of manufacturing ethanol, heavily outweighs any benefits we experience through ethanol use. (patriotpost.us)
Now that ethanol prices have moved above gasoline prices, ethanol blending margins would be negative without the blender's tax credit. (thedairysite.com)
An increase in gasoline prices relative to ethanol prices, of course, would improve blending margins and maintain blending levels. (thedairysite.com)
Timothy Wise, director of the Research and Policy Program at Tufts University and the study's lead author, noted, "Increased food prices triggered the Arab Spring, and U.S. ethanol production contributed to those food spikes. (ipsnews.net)
To the extent international prices transmit to Ugandan markets, U.S. ethanol expansion is contributing quite directly to food insecurity among the urban poor, even in a net corn exporting country," the ActionAid report concluded. (ipsnews.net)
Ethanol profit margins have been volatile during the last several years, driven by the pandemic, inflation, war in Ukraine and its impact on prices of both feedstocks and fuel (Figure 1). (fcc-fac.ca)
Some of that capacity may come back online as prices rebounded to an equilibrium point, but most of the lost production would not come back. (earthtrack.net)
After food prices spiked in 2007-8 some claimed we would need to double food production. (grassrootsonline.org)
Ethanol mandates and use of farmland for ethanol production artificially increase prices of food , including corn products, beef, milk, and even beer. (commonwealthfoundation.org)
In contrast, Canada, another high-income country, has substantial levels of corn production and could respond to higher prices with increased output of corn, wheat, and other feed grains. (usda.gov)
Per capita income in Egypt, Central America, and the Caribbean is relatively low, and higher prices may drive these countries to cut back in corn use, increase domestic corn production, or seek out substitutes. (usda.gov)
Further exacerbating the problem is that motor gasoline demand has not risen over the past 5 or 6 years due to increasing corporate average fuel economy mandates from the Obama Administration, the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression and high oil prices that have only abated since June of last year. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
The monthly and annual wholesale, or "rack," prices for ethanol and gasoline at fuel depots in Omaha, for example, can be compared. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
[i] Historically, since 1982, the price of an energy-equivalent amount of ethanol has, on average, been about 2.4 times the price of gasoline, but the gap has narrowed in recent years due mainly to the increase in oil prices between 2008 and 2014. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
The same energy-equivalent prices can be used to estimate the annual cost of using ethanol. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
To claim that the RFS or ethanol production is driving up the cost of food is irresponsible and nothing more than fear mongering in attempt to fool the American public as to who is really to blame for rising food prices - Big Oil and Big Food. (growthenergy.org)
A 2013 World Bank study demonstrated that the primary driver of increased global food costs is the rising price of energy, not higher farm commodity prices or ethanol production. (growthenergy.org)

And by 2020 production from new sources -- even garbage that contains carbon -- is mandated to overtake output of corn ethanol. (copperwiki.org)

EPA statistics show production of 1.813 billion gallons in 2015, up from the previous record of 1.74 billion gallons in 2014. (wikipedia.org)
The EPA has proposed lowering its mandate for corn ethanol production from the current 14.4 billion gallons to 13.01 billion. (purdue.edu)
The consequence of setting the RFS at 13.01 billion gallons for corn ethanol would be to "destroy that incentive," Tyner said. (purdue.edu)
The legislated level of the mandate for next year is 1.75 billion. (purdue.edu)
Tyner is suggesting that the 2014 RFS level be decreased only by 1.75 billion gallons, the amount of the current cellulosic mandate for next year. (purdue.edu)
From 2005-2012 , annual corn ethanol production grew from less than 4 billion to almost 14 billion. (atr.org)
The statute requires ethanol volumes for 2017 to be set at 15 billion gallons. (hoosieragtoday.com)
Work is underway to add over 2 billion gallons to the annual capacity of the U.S. ethanol sector. (usda.gov)
As of February 2006, the annual capacity of the U.S. ethanol sector stood at 4.4 billion gallons, and plants under construction or expansion are likely to add another 2.1 billion gallons to this number (map). (usda.gov)
If this trend and the existing and anticipated policy incentives in support of ethanol continue, U.S. ethanol production could reach 7 billion gallons in 2010, 3.3 billion more than the amount produced in 2005. (usda.gov)
With a corn-to-ethanol conversion rate of 2.7 gallons per bushel (a rate that many state-of-the-art facilities are already surpassing), the U.S. ethanol sector will need 2.6 billion bushels per year by 2010-1.2 billion bushels more than it consumed in 2005. (usda.gov)
[iii] Americans have therefore paid about $83 billion (about $10 billion annually) for ethanol in gasoline. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

The hazard potential for ethanol in drinking water is higher compared to other oxygenates from gasoline that leak into groundwater and drinking water systems, because of irreversible damage possible from repeated high level exposures. (blogspot.com)

The ethanol quota was set at a time when gasoline demand was expected to rise steadily. (atr.org)

i.e., at this time, Pennsylvania does not grow enough corn to satisfy current needs for human food production and livestock feed. (blogspot.com)
Fuel ethanol production would remove available livestock feed resources. (blogspot.com)

Flex fuel vehicles can run ethanol concentrations up to E85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline), but non-FFVs are likely to experience fuel system damage when exposed to ethanol concentrations above E10. (fullmetalautos.com)

It is the largest, longest running ethanol conference in the world-and is powered by Ethanol Producer Magazine. (scsengineers.com)

Sure, ethanol combustion in automobiles does produce less CO 2 than fossil fuel combustion, which gives climate change fanatics warm fuzzies. (patriotpost.us)

Although the EPA approved the sale of E15 in October 2010 , potentially increasing by 50% the total amount of ethanol sold annually, lack of appropriate fueling infrastructure, warranty and liability concerns, and consumer skepticism effectively limit the standard blend to E10. (globalwarming.org)

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