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Supporters of Switch to Electric Vehicles Should also Back Increased Usage of Biofuels

(Norfolk Daily News) … But there’s an estimated 279 million petroleum-powered vehicles in existence today, and they’re going to continue to be driven for a long time. Electric vehicles now make up less than 2 percent of all U.S. new-vehicle sales.

What we find ironic is that the push for more electric vehicles is based on a desire to be more environmentally friendly. So why isn’t there a bigger push — right now — for greater use of biofuels, such as corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel, that also benefit the environment?

The transportation sector accounts for the largest share of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and more than 80% of that comes from cars, pickups and larger trucks, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Meanwhile, results of recent studies from Harvard and Tuft universities found that ethanol emits 46% less carbon than gasoline.

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“If the goal is to reduce carbon impacts of our transportation sector and we knew we’re going to be using hundreds of billions of gallons of liquid fuels for the next several decades, why not take steps now to reduce the carbon intensity of those liquid fuels?” Mr. Cooper (Geoff Cooper, CEO of Renewable Fuels Association) said.

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Even the most ardent supporter of electric vehicles has to acknowledge that liquid-fueled cars will be with us for decades to come. If the state the environment is such a concern, then it only makes sense for electric vehicle supporters to also back increased use of biofuels now. READ MORE

Ethanol Report: 10 Years of California’s LCFS

by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard being implemented with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the state’s transportation sector, while also lessening dependence on petroleum by using alternative fuels, like ethanol.

A new Renewable Fuels Association white paper looks at how, for the past decade, ethanol has been the go-to fuel to decarbonize transportation in the Golden State. The use of ethanol under California’s low-carbon fuel standard has generated over a third of the state’s greenhouse gas savings since implementation of the program began in 2011—more than any other low-carbon fuel used in the state.

In this edition of the “Ethanol Report” podcast, we hear from Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Geoff Cooper about how the relationship between ethanol and the California LCFS has resulted in a program that provides an example for other states and the nation of how to combat climate change. READ MORE includes AUDIO

THE CALIFORNIA LCFS AND ETHANOL: A Decade of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Renewable Fuels Association)

Excerpts from Renewable Fuels Association:

Renewable Fuels Association https://ethanolrfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/RFA-LCFS-Report_PDF.pdf

QUOTE OF THE WEEK — Cindy Axne

In an interview with DTN, Congresswoman Cindy Axne (D-IA-03) explained that a lot of lawmakers are not aware of the advances made over time to make ethanol a cleaner-burning fuel and “You can’t judge something if you aren’t aware of it. This is why it’s so important to bring to people’s attention. They have misconceptions and old perceptions of what biofuels, of what ethanol, looks like and they don’t know what the current biofuels industry is doing to be innovative.” READ MORE

New (bio)LNG Bunker Ship Will Serve Port of Zeebrugge & English Channel

(Titan LNG/NGV Journal) Titan LNG announced the development tender of a new LNG bunkering barge, Titan Krios, increasing the accessibility of