Info-Ethanol.Com » production http://info-ethanol.com Ethanol, a Fossil Fuel Replacement? Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:05:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ethanol Blend Hike May Require Half of U.S. Corn Crop http://info-ethanol.com/2009/06/ethanol-blend-hike-may-require-half-of-us-corn-crop/ http://info-ethanol.com/2009/06/ethanol-blend-hike-may-require-half-of-us-corn-crop/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:03:03 +0000 admin http://info-ethanol.com/?p=47 A proposed increase in ethanol use in gasoline would require planting as much as 111 million acres of corn and using almost half of the crop for the fuel by 2015, according to a study by the U.S. grocery industry.

Boosting the amount of biofuels allowed to be blended in gasoline could make last year’s record corn prices “look like a walk in the park,” Bill Lapp, an agricultural analyst who conducted the study commissioned by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, told reporters today in a teleconference.
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]]> http://info-ethanol.com/2009/06/ethanol-blend-hike-may-require-half-of-us-corn-crop/feed/ 1 High Corn Prices Cast Shadow Over Ethanol Plants http://info-ethanol.com/2008/07/high-corn-prices-cast-shadow-over-ethanol-plants/ http://info-ethanol.com/2008/07/high-corn-prices-cast-shadow-over-ethanol-plants/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:35:49 +0000 admin http://info-ethanol.com/?p=33 A rush to cash in on ethanol has slowed as soaring corn prices squeeze profit margins for producers of the alternative fuel. At a recent high of $7 per bushel, the corn used to make ethanol has tripled in price since many plants were built two years ago, and some facilities have been shut down or put on hold.

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