Greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 44-52 percent lower than gasoline, according to a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.
National Corn Growers Association President John Linder says there have been improvements in the efficiency of corn and ethanol production.
“We have to give thanks to the farmers that have adopted practices that lend that credibility to carbon sequestration and lowering the carbon intensity of ethanol through their own production, and we also have to appreciate that the (ethanol) plants have made strides in efficiency which have also driven (carbon intensity) scores to a better place,” he says.
