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A fan of fuel blends that contain as much as 85 percent ethanol. AP Photo/Jim Mone

21 novembre 2018

The government aims to boost ethanol without evidence that it saves money or helps the environment

André Boehman, University of Michigan

Vehicles made before 2001 could suffer fuel system or engine damage if they’re run on E15.

Soybeans and corn are two of the most widely planted crops in the United States and the main feedstocks used to make biofuels. www.shutterstock.com

5 octobre 2016

Biofuels turn out to be a climate mistake – here’s why

John DeCicco, University of Michigan

A new study challenges the longstanding view that biofuels are carbon-neutral, and asserts that in the U.S. to date, they have done more harm to the climate than gasoline.

Before there was E10, in the 1970s there was ‘gasohol,’ another name for gasoline that had been blended with ethanol. eklektikos/flickr

2 février 2016

Corn ethanol: the rise and fall of a political force

Tristan R. Brown, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Ted Cruz opposes subsidies for biofuels and still managed to win in ethanol-friendly Iowa. Is corn ethanol starting to lose its political clout?

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Assistant Professor of Energy Resource Economics, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
André Boehman
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, W.E. Lay Automotive Laboratory, University of Michigan

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