New study (confirming a 2008 study): Ethanol is worse for the environment than gas

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During a recent unveiling of the new Chevy Volt, Zimmerman demonstrated for the media how the supposedly “green” vehicle is simply plugged into a power source for energy. And this power source, at least in Michigan, is mostly burned coal.

A man in a suit pulled out the giant plug and waved it in front of the cameras, prompting laughter from the press, before inserting it into the Volt. A journalist then walks up to Zimmerman to ask her about the power source behind the plug.

“Because everybody thought we killed the electric vehicle, and we didn’t,” Zimmerman told the questioning press with a confident smirk.

“So what’s charging the batteries right now? What’s the source?” one member of the press asked in response.

“Well, here,” Zimmerman answered. “It’s coming from the building.”

“I mean, what’s their mix of power?” the press member then responded.

“Oh, actually Lansing feeds the building. Lansing feeds power to the building, so I don’t know … I’ll bet you they’re a bit of coal, oh they’re heavy on natural gas, aren’t they?”

J. Peter Lark from the Lansing Board of Water & Light, the power company Zimmerman was referring to, quickly cleared up the discrepancy.

“Right, it would be charging off the power grid which is about 95 percent coal,” Lark told the reporter.

In other words, nearly all of the energy used to power electric vehicles in Michigan comes from burned coal, which is far more polluting than the internal combustion of normal gasoline.

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YouTube - GM Spokeswoman - 95% of Clean Energy for Electric Cars Comes From Coal Plants

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The five-year study, partially funded by the National Wildlife Federation and U.S. Department of Energy, found that ethanol is at least 24% more carbon-intensive than gasoline

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We needed a 5 year study to tell us the crappier gas that costs less and offers less performance than its ethanol-free counter part is bad? Who knew?

Remember back in 2010 or so when you could get the alternative fuel tax credit for buying any vehicle that was flex fuel capable? Government is so good at wasting money.

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and wind will be the goat.

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No shite.

A lot of green shite we do is bad for the environment. But the “party of science” will ignore this particular science

Converting thousands of acres of farmland into solar panels is bad for the environment

Wind turbines kill a shite load of birds.

Not only are the above worse for the environment they are horribly inefficient and more expensive. We talk about food prices and grain shortages yet the simplest quickest fix to alleviate this is to stop dumping corn into ethanol production. Use it for cattle-chicken feed. Cost of feed goes down, meat prices can go down.

Our most environmentally friendly electricity solution that is highly efficient and cheap is Nuclear and natural gas.

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Wind turbines kill a shite load of birds.

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Today I learned....

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Though it can appear as though they’re turning at a slow, almost relaxed pace, wind-turbine blades actually move very rapidly: The outer tips of some turbines' blades can reach speeds of 179 mph (288 kilometers per hour) and can easily slice off an eagle's wing.

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Ethanol is worse for the environment than gas

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bullshite!



FTMFW.

The renewable fuel standard is up for review next year. It looks like this is an attempt by the USDA to get the requirement struck down because it's stupid (the EPA knows and has known this), and focus more on advanced biofuels (which it should have in the first place). Ethanol was Obama pandering to leftist lobbyists at the expense of the world. It is his version of the disaster that was MTBE.

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Vehicles running on solar and wind will be the goat.

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DC charging off your own solar is a great option for anyone who has the means and values independence.