Saturday, February 23, 2013

Corn ethanol challenged

Living on Earth: Corn based ethanol makes up 10% of the fuel mix in the US and EPA has approved a 15% mix. But last year 20 ethanol producers closed up shop. Wallace Tyner, an energy economist at Purdue University explains to host Steve Curwood why small ethanol producers simply can't turn a profit. Transcript CURWOOD: The current gasoline we put in our cars - E10 - contains 10 percent ethanol. Corn-based ethanol helps provide income for American farmers, and a federal mandate for ethanol aims to reduce global...

URL: http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00008&segmentID=4
Enclosure: http://www.loe.org/content/2013-02-22/bigstock-Corn-Field-38549026.jpg

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