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[Iowa Global Warming] Iowa Global Warming » Blog Archive » Ethanol Industry to ask for ...: But Monte Shaw, executive vice president of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, noted that the percentage of fuel sold in Iowa with ethanol blended in has been stuck around 75 percent while the percentage of ethanol-blended gasoline now stands at 80 percent in the rest of the nation.

[WSJ.com: Environmental Capital] Corn Delay: EPA Puts Off Decision on Upping Ethanol Blend ...: Margins have improved on ethanol, thanks to a moderation in the price of corn, their main feedstock, since the summer of 2008 and this year’s rise in gasoline prices. Valero Energy cited “outstanding” results in its ethanol segment for the third quarter, including strong margins in October, even as its traditional gasoline refining business gets grimmer.

[Gas-Mileage.com] Ethanol: Friend or Foe? ”” Gas-Mileage.com: So even if you happen to pay a cheaper price per gallon for E85 (like if you live in the Midwest), you’ll have to fill your car more often, which doesn’t result in any savings. In fact, it could cost you more in the long run than using gasoline.

[EWG Feed] Kernel-nomics: Big Ethanol's Inflated Job Claims | Environmental ...: The group claims that granting its petition to increase the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline from 10 percent to 15 percent .David Swenson, an economist at Iowa State University and an expert in input-output analysis has reviewed multiple studies of job creation produced by ethanol industry consultants.

[Messenger News] Iowa Central leaders talk biodiesel - MessengerNews.net | News ...: The Messenger - serving the Fort Dodge, Webster County and the North Central Iowa region with the latest in local and national news, sports, weather and features. Comment on stories, find jobs, submit news and view photos online.

[Cadillac Owners Group] Gas Question - Cadillac Owners Group: The ethanol is an oxygenator: it accelerates the breakdown of combustion gasses into less polluting forms by assuring more complete combustion of the petroleum-based gasoline. Previously the chemical MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) was used as an oxygenator, but that was some nasty, long lasting stuff which tended to seep from fuel storage tanks and pollute groundwater.

[FarmPolicy.com] FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » Farm Bill Factors; Trade ...: “David Swenson, an economic development specialist at Iowa State University, said that ethanol production is leveling off and that there is stiff competition among states for manufacturing of wind turbine parts. Meanwhile, wind farms make little dent in employment because they require relatively few people for maintenance.”

[All Ag News] AG NEWS 2009/12/02: The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it expects to make a final determination in mid-2010 regarding whether to increase the allowable ethanol content in fuel. In a letter sent to Growth Energy on Tuesday, the agency said that while not all tests have been completed, the results of two tests indicate that engines in newer cars likely can handle an ethanol blend higher than the current 10-percent limit.

[Autoblog Green] 11 Midwest Ag secretaries ask Obama to raise ethanol blend to 15 ...: In 2007 alone, the ethanol industry created more than 200,000 American jobs that cannot be exported or outsourced, while contributing $47.6 billion to our GDP and generating $4.6 billion in tax revenues.

[The Sugarcane Blog] Grassley Begs Obama for More Help for Corn Ethanol: I recognize that prior to approval of higher ethanol blends, the requisite studies and testing must be concluded. A number of scientific studies conducted in recent years confirm that higher ethanol blends do not cause significant changes in tailpipe emissions, vehicle drivability, materials compatibility or durability.

[Tampa Ethanol] Tampa Ethanol » Culver Makes Case for Biodiesel Incentive in DC: At the same time, the IBB also made the case to state lawmakers back in Des Moines to support the proposed Iowa Biodiesel Fuel Quality Standard measure, which would require petroleum companies to blend 5 percent biodiesel (B5) into the state’s diesel fuel. That is expected to create demand for 45 million gallons of Iowa-made biodiesel annually.

[FarmPolicy.com] FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » Biofuels; Climate Issues; Crop ...: Sameulsohn explained that, “State Department deputy climate envoy Jonathan Pershing briefed about 40 Senate Democratic and GOP aides yesterday on the status of the [Copenhagen] talks, which last week got a boost when Obama pledged the United States to a roughly 17 percent emissions cut in 2020 so long as Congress also acts on the issue.

[Jay Hancock's blog] Jay Hancock's blog: Supplier denies excess ethanol hurt police ...: Contradicting statements by Baltimore officials, the supplier says gasoline blamed for crippling much of the city's police fleet last week did not contain excess amounts of ethanol. Norfolk, Va.-based IsoBunkers conducted its own tests and found the gas was 10 percent ethanol -- just what it was supposed to be, company President Charlie Joanedis told me on the phone.

[Renergie's Weblog] Independent U.S. Ethanol Producers Will Not Survive as Price ...: The inaccuracy and manipulation of splash blending may be eliminated by precisely blending the advanced biofuel and unblended gasoline at the point of consumption, i.e., the point where the consumer puts E10, E20, E30 or E85 into his or her vehicle. A variable blending pump ensures the consumer that E10 means the fuel entering the fuel tank of the consumer’s vehicle is 10 percent ethanol (rather than the current arbitrary range of 4 percent ethanol to at least 24% ethanol that the splash blending method provides) and 90% gasoline.

[Cotton Feed] FarmPolicy.Com | Keith Good: “David Swenson, an economic development specialist at Iowa State University, said that ethanol production is leveling off and that there is stiff competition among states for manufacturing of wind turbine parts. Meanwhile, wind farms make little dent in employment because they require relatively few people for maintenance.”

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