Feds' Ethanol Estimate Is Too Low
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A government report grossly underestimates the potential for domestic production of the alternative fuel. Is it incompetence or an intentional slight? In Autopia.
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Growing capacity could break the heart of ethanol investors.
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America is drunk on ethanol. Farmers in the Midwest are sending billions of bushels of corn to refineries that turn it into billions of gallons of fuel. Automakers in Detroit have already built millions of cars, trucks and SUVs that can run on it, and are committed to making millions more. In Washington, politicians have approved generous subsidies for companies that make ethanol.
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The average price for a gallon of  gasoline in the United States fell below $3 due to less demand  and slightly lower oil prices, and was likely to hold steady,  according to an industry analyst.
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The U.S. retail price for gasoline fell below $3 a gallon for the first time in five weeks and is at the lowest level in three months, thanks mostly to cheaper crude oil, the government said on Monday.
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By Anonymous  Ethanol may not be the healthiest solution to the atmospheric pollution problem after all, according to a recent study from Stanford University. A computer model simulated U.S. air quality in 2020, when ethanol-fueled vehicles are expected to be widely available.
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By JIM ABRAMS  WASHINGTON - Determining how best to speed ethanol and other alternative fuels from refinery to gas pump would rest with the government under legislation the House passed Thursday.
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The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.
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General Motors Corp  is planning  for half its cars in the United States to be running on ethanol  by 2012, the Associated Press reported.
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The EPA tightens its rules on very small particles, but not enough to satisfy environmentalists
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Even in the Midwest where ethanol is most popular, its success as an alternative fuel is far from assured.
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The Food and Drug Administration lacks clear regulatory authority and is chronically underfunded, shortcomings hindering its ability to evaluate the safety of drugs used by millions of Americans, according to outside scientists the agency asked to critique its performance.
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By DIRK LAMMERS SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - President Bush's proposed budget would put a land conservation program that protects some 35 million acres on hold in favor of boosting corn production to meet the growing demand for ethanol.
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Congress should eliminate a $5  billion a year farm subsidy and find less expensive ethanol  subsidies, said two former U.S. Senate majority leaders and  farm-program guardians on Wednesday.
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Since 1998, the federal government has required that almost all flour be fortified with the supplement but the levels are below those recommended by some experts.
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Blog: Although long-term prospects for ethanol are positive, experts warn that corn-based ethanol investments could hit snags.
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Clearing land to produce biofuels such as ethanol will do more to exacerbate global warming than using gasoline or other fossil fuels, two scientific studies show.