by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association/The Gazette) … Renewable liquid fuels and renewable electricity are highly complementary ways to reduce America’s carbon footprint. We can have clean renewable energy from solar and wind, as the authors want, and still take advantage of the greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions that come from using more ethanol in our transportation fuels.
Leading federal and state government agencies like the U.S. Department of Energy, California Air Resources Board, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have all recognized the environmental benefits of ethanol in reducing both tailpipe pollution and GHG emissions.