Full Title: The Rush to Ethanol: Not all Biofuels are Created Equal
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Publisher(s): Food & Water Watch, Network for New Energy Choices
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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Description (excerpt):
Farmers and investors envision a new gold rush. Ethanol production is registering record growth rates, and reached nearly five billion gallons in 2006. Dozens of new ethanol refineries are being constructed, with production capacity forecast to double as early as 2008.1 President Bush intensified this momentum in his 2007 State of the Union address with a call to produce 35 billion gallons of alternative fuels by 2017 – a fivefold increase from the currently established goals.
This report reviews the most up to date scientific evidence and concludes that corn-based ethanol is not the silver bullet everyone is seeking.