Every year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency forecasts millions of gallons of cellulosic biofuel will be produced, but so far production has been virtually non-existent
Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has consistently overestimated the prospects for production of advanced biofuels from non-food crops, adding to the impression its biofuel policy is out of step with reality. By law, fuel producers must blend a certain portion of biofuels with gasoline. Some of it must be “advanced” (ethanol is classed as non-advanced) […] Read moreWashington dreaming in technicolor in cellulosic-biofuel forecasts
Analysis: Are we near peak biofuels?
It is now clear, depending on where the boundary is set in life-cycle estimates of carbon emissions, that some biofuels offer limited or no benefits compared with conventional gasoline
Reading Time: 4 minutes A stalled biofuel industry will need to produce far more efficient fuels to avoid setting off another bout of arguments over its contribution to boosting energy security and cutting carbon emissions. Biofuels had a difficult 2012. In the United States, Energy Information Administration data show production through November fell compared with the same period the […] Read more
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