And now something sorta car related...the environment.

Oldschool 2o4f

Shared on Wed, 04/23/2014 - 06:12

Gasoline greener than biofuels?

As you're reading this keep in mind that the ethanol varieties are horrible comparatively in MPG comparisons as well.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/22/gasoline-greener-than-biofuels/?intcmp=latestnews

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Biofuels produced from waste products left from harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline in terms of carbon emissions, according to a $500,000 study paid for by the federal government and published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

The study said biofuels made with corn residue release seven percent more greenhouse gases than traditional gasoline.

Rayola Dougher from the American Petroleum Institute called that an eye opener for the green energy crowd. "You know, what are we doing? If that's so, then we're going down the wrong path here,” Dougher told Fox News in an interview. “We have to give ourselves at least press the pause button and look at what we're trying to accomplish and look at the science, and look at it very carefully."

The study contradicts the Obama administration's narrative that biofuels are a much cleaner alternative, while also receiving more than a billion dollars in federal support.

Phil Flynn, an oil trader and senior market analyst with The Price Futures Group, said the promises made were too good to be true. "Cellulosic biofuels was going to be our future. It wouldn't impact our food. We could use the leftovers, and it would help greenhouse gas emissions and it would be the answer to all our problems. But what we're finding out is that's not the case," said Flynn."

More at the link above...

 

Comments

DEEP_NNN's picture
Submitted by DEEP_NNN on Wed, 04/23/2014 - 06:50

As with all "green" initiatives, we need to make sure the end-to-end process gives us better results than we already had. Composting and recycling programs are in that same vein.

This stuff has been going on long before the current administration. Same in Canada.

 

Oldschool 2o4f's picture
Submitted by Oldschool 2o4f on Wed, 04/23/2014 - 07:58

No doubt, this wasn't a stab at a particular party, at least from my point of view, it's more of a government is inefficient and needs to quit meddling in things they are stupid about kinda thing, you know equal opportunity bitch slapping.

SarcasmoJones's picture
Submitted by SarcasmoJones on Wed, 04/23/2014 - 19:15

7%...well, shit. Back to the drawing board.

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