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Ethanol has positive energy balance

Hoosier Ag Today has posted about a some recent research by the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research.

Ken Cassmen, the director of the center, says that they found that ethanol has as much as 2-3 times more favorable energy balance than previously thought. He stressed that it is important to understand that ethanol has a net energy balance. In other words, ethanol contains more energy than it takes to produce it.

Cassmen added - we estimate that 13 gallons of ethanol are produced for every gallon of petroleum used in the production life cycle for corn ethanol. Alan Tiemann, a member of the Nebraska Corn Board, added that greenhouse gas emission reductions are also more favorable than previous estimates when compared directly to corn and ethanol production.

This disproves another “anti-ethanol” talking point. Great research! Read the story in its entirety here.