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Aw, Shucks
Ethanol ain't all it's cracked up to be, new study says |
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11 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Aw, Shucks Ethanol ain't all it's cracked up to be, new study says A new study casts serious doubt on ethanol's status as a green wonder-fuel. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers lay out a series of grim findings about corn-based biofuel. Runoff from large-scale corn cultivation contaminates waterways with nitrogen, phosphorus, and pesticides. As a motor fuel, corn-based ethanol g ... |
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Kernel Ganders
Ethanol decent on efficiency but not on greenhouse gases, study finds |
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27 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Kernel Ganders Ethanol decent on efficiency but not on greenhouse gases, study finds The heated debate over biofuels took another sharp turn this week: New research in the journal Science claims that replacing fossil fuels with corn-based ethanol is energy-efficient (contrary to some previous studies), but doesn't do much to cut greenhouse-gas pollution. Researchers from UC-Berkeley determined that ethanol resul ... |
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