Warming Scare Tactics | Biofuels

"There is no sound public policy reason for mandating the use of ethanol." - Hillary Clinton, 2002

Ethanol And Biodiesel From Crops Not Worth The Energy (Science Daily)

Myth: Corn Ethanol is Great (Video) (5min) (John Stossel, 20/20)
The Problems With Ethanol (Video) (5min)

- Ethanol reduces fuel economy by 30% compared to gasoline
- Ethanol cannot be transported in existing pipelines
- Ethanol fires are harder to put out

Ethanol Energy Content (U.S Department of Energy)

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Ethanol (E85) = 80,000 BTUs, Gasoline = 125,000 BTUs (per gallon)

Ethanol - E85 BTU Adjusted Price (AAA)
Ethanol - Ethanol E85 fuel loses cost-benefit test to diesel (USA Today)
Ethanol - Ethanol Fuels Fire Concerns (ABC News)
Ethanol - Ethanol Is Not the Answer (The New York Sun)
Ethanol - Ethanol Makes Gasoline Costlier, Dirtier (Cato Institute)
Ethanol - Ethanol: Myths and Realities (BusinessWeek)

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Ethanol can't travel in pipelines along with gasoline, because it picks up excess water and impurities. Also, ethanol contains less energy than gas. That means drivers have to make more frequent trips to the pump.

Ethanol - Ethanol Vehicles Pose Significant Risk To Health, New Study Finds (Science Daily)
Ethanol - Fuel Ethanol Cannot Alleviate U.S. Dependence On Petroleum (Science Daily)
Ethanol - Rush To Produce Corn-based Ethanol Will Worsen 'Dead Zone' In Gulf Of Mexico, Study Says (Science Daily)
Ethanol - Study: Ethanol May Add to Global Warming (USA Today)
Ethanol - Study: Ethanol Production Consumes Six Units Of Energy To Produce Just One (Science Daily)
Ethanol - Study: Ethanol Won't Solve Energy Problems (USA Today)

QUOTE (USAToday)

Ethanol is far from a cure-all for the nation's energy problems. It's not as environmentally friendly as some supporters claim and would supply only 12 percent of U.S. motoring fuel even if every acre of corn were used.

Ethanol - Test results: E85 vs. gasoline (Consumer Reports)
Ethanol - The Environmental Costs of Ethanol (National Center For Policy Abalysis)
Ethanol - The Many Myths of Ethanol (John Stossel, 20/20)
Ethanol - The Ethanol Fallacy (Popular Mechanics)
Ethanol - The Ethanol Myth (Consumer Reports)

QUOTE (Consumer Reports)

E85, which is 85 percent ethanol, provides fewer miles per gallon, costs more, and is hard to find outside the Midwest.

Food - Biofuel Brews up Higher German Beer Prices (MSNBC)
Food - Biofuel Demand Makes Food Expensive (BBC)
Food - Biofuels Could Lead to Mass Hunger Deaths: U.N. Envoy (Reuters)
Food - Ethanol Fuel From Corn Faulted As "Unsustainable Subsidized Food Burning" In Analysis By Cornell Scientist (Science Daily)
Food - Ethanol fuels food price frenzy (Financial Post, Canda)
Food - Ethanol Mandates Could Drive Up Food Prices, Enviros Say (CNSNews)
Food - Ethanol Production, Worldwide Demand Sends Prices for Dairy Goods Soaring (MSNBC)
Food - Germany's Cheap Beer Tradition Under Threat From Biofuels (Deutsche Welle)
Food - IMF Warns About Impact of Biofuels on Food Prices (Forbes)
Food - How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor (The New York Times)
Food - Mexicans Torch Tequila Fields for Ethanol Boom Corn (Reuters)
Food - More Ethanol, Less Sugar (The New York Times)
Food - Think Tank Warns Biofuel Will Lead to Rocketing Food Prices (Vnunet, UK)
Food - Will Demand for Ethanol Raise Food Prices? The Government Says Yes (FOXNews)

Livestock - Cattle Fed Byproducts Of Ethanol Production Harbor Dangerous E. Coli Bacteria (Science Daily)
Livestock - Ethanol, Corn To Weigh Heavily On Future Of Livestock Industry (Science Daily)

Water - Ethanol Production May Put Pinch on Water Resources (FOXNews)
Water - Ethanol Production Threatens Plains States With Water Scarcity (Environmental News Service)
Water - Ethanol's Water Shortage (The Wall Street Journal)
Water - Increase In Ethanol Production From Corn Could Significantly Harm Water Quality (Science Daily)
Water - Water Constraints Rain on Ethanol Zeal (USA Today)

Brazil - The Myth of Brazil’s Ethanol Success (Energy Tribune)
Brazil - Brazil Ethanol Boom Belied by Diseased Lungs Among Cane Workers (Bloomberg)
Brazil - 'Slave' Labourers Freed in Brazil (BBC)
Brazil - There Is No Ethanol Revolution in Brazil (LewRockwell)

- Biodiesel reduces fuel economy by 10% compared to diesel
- Biodiesel can gel up in low temperatures

Biodiesel Energy Content (U.S Department of Energy)

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Biodiesel = 120,000 BTUs, Diesel = 130,000 BTUs (per gallon)

Biodiesel - Biodiesel Won't Drive Down Global Warming (Science Daily)
Biodiesel - Cold Snap Raises Issues When Biodiesel Gels Up (USA Today)
Biodiesel - Cold Snap Stops Green (Biodiesel) Bus Service (BBC)
Biodiesel - Orang-utans Home Destroyed for Biodiesel (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
Biodiesel - Trucking Companies Report Engine Problems After Switching to Biodiesel (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Biofuels - Bioenergy Could Do More Harm Than Good (Science Daily)
Biofuels - Biofuel Blending Is Often Inaccurate, Study Shows (Science Daily)
Biofuels - Biofuel Crops That Require Destroying Native Ecosystems Worsens Global Warming (Science Daily)
Biofuels - Biofuels: An Advisable Strategy? (Science Daily)
Biofuels - Biofuels 'Crime Against Humanity' (BBC)
Biofuels - Carbon Mitigation by Biofuels or by Saving and Restoring Forests? (Science)
Biofuels - Economists Find Current Biofuel Potential In Oregon May Be Costly And Limited (Science Daily)
Biofuels - Green fuels will save the earth - or not (Reuters)
Biofuels - Jane Goodall says biofuel crops hurt rain forests (Reuters)
Biofuels - Rapeseed Biofuel Produces More Greenhouse Gas Than Oil or Petrol (The Times, UK)
Biofuels - Some Biofuels Are Worse Environmentally Than Fossil Fuels, Analysis Shows (Science Daily)
Biofuels - Top Scientist Says Biofuels Are Scam (The Times, UK)

Subsidies - Biofuels: At What Cost? (Global Subsidies Initiative)

- Total Subsidies for Ethanol Between $6.3 and $8.7 Billion Per Year ($1.42-$1.87 Per Gallon)
- Total Subsidies for Biodiesel Between $1.7 and $2.3 Billion Per Year ($1.69-$2.15 Per Gallon)

Subsidies - Ethanol Keeps ADM Drunk On Tax Dollars (Cato Institute)
Subsidies - Ethanol Subsidies: New Ways to Waste Money (CNSNews)
Subsidies - Germany Ends Biofuel Subsidies (Energy Publisher)
Subsidies - OECD Warns Against Biofuels Subsidies (Financial Times, UK)
Subsidies - Push Ethanol Off the Dole (Cato Institute)
Subsidies - The Ethanol Subsidy is Worse Than You Can Imagine (Slate Magazine)

Alternative Fuels Comparison Chart (PDF) (Popular Mechanics)

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