by rethinkethanol | Jun 27, 2017 | Featured Writing
OPED: Ethanol mandate must be reformed by David A. Imgrund, National Wildlife Federation The road to hell, they say, is paved with good intentions. The road to a slowly unfolding environmental disaster was similarly paved, it seems. The Renewable Fuel Standard was a...
by rethinkethanol | Jun 20, 2017 | Featured Writing
Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy source. Renewable biofuels can come with hidden economic and environmental issues, and the question of whether corn is better utilized as food...
by rethinkethanol | Mar 3, 2017 | Featured Writing
Audubon and Ethanol by Jerry Jung This year the EPA has mandated that 15 billion gallons of ethanol be added to gasoline. Most gasoline contains about 10% ethanol. It is a relatively cheap way for refineries to increase the octane rating—cheap that is if environmental...
by rethinkethanol | Nov 20, 2016 | Featured Writing
10-Year Review of Renewable Fuel Standard Impacts to the Environment, the Economy, and Advanced Biofuels Development: An Update By University of Tennessee professor Dr. Daniel De La Torre Ugarte Executive Summary In December 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency...
by rethinkethanol | Sep 20, 2016 | Featured Writing
ReThink Ethanol’s Response to the NYT Response to the New York Times’ article “The Standoff Between Big Oil and Big Corn” With so many conflicting studies, many of them funded for by interested parties, it is necessary to rely on one’s...
by rethinkethanol | Aug 28, 2016 | Featured Writing
Unwind the Ethanol Mandate Dumping America’s misguided renewable fuel standard will help save the Great Plains. by Mark J. Perry In August of 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition entered the eastern border of the Great Plains. Captain Lewis and Second Lieutenant...
