The renewable fuel standard is a policy only a grain farmer could love

When all aspects of corn growing and conversion to ethanol are considered no reduction in CO2 was achieved.

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|2021-12-09T11:13:56-05:00December 13th, 2021|Comments Off on The renewable fuel standard is a policy only a grain farmer could love

Iowans to ethanol: Enough is enough

It came as a real surprise when Iowa lawmakers recently rebuffed an effort by the ethanol industry and its powerful political allies to raise the percentage of ethanol blended into gasoline at service stations in Iowa to 15%.

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|2021-06-19T06:19:33-04:00June 21st, 2021|Comments Off on Iowans to ethanol: Enough is enough

Planet of the Humans review: Exposing the fallacy of “renewable” energy

Early in the film the questions are asked, “[A]re we desperate to accept any idea that sounds ‘alternative’ or ‘green’?

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|2020-05-04T16:34:31-04:00May 1st, 2020|Comments Off on Planet of the Humans review: Exposing the fallacy of “renewable” energy

Could the end of ethanol be in sight?

Last year more than 10 ethanol plants cut production rates or closed down. Many more are yet to follow. Time is long overdue to end the ethanol industry as we have known it for more than three decades.

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|2020-04-15T11:48:15-04:00April 15th, 2020|Comments Off on Could the end of ethanol be in sight?

Burning corn so we can drive 1/3 less miles to the gallon

Bio fuels both raise the price of transportation and concurrently our food.

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|2019-07-27T23:13:40-04:00July 31st, 2019|Comments Off on Burning corn so we can drive 1/3 less miles to the gallon

16 Senator’s come out against President Trump’s corn ethanol plan

Sixteen Republican senators have come out against President Donald Trump’s plan to allow year-round sales of ethanol blended gasoline.

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|2018-10-05T16:29:39-04:00October 9th, 2018|Comments Off on 16 Senator’s come out against President Trump’s corn ethanol plan

‘Conservative’ attack ads against Pruitt funded by ethanol-linked group

"American Future Fund" is a 501(c)(4) dark-money group with deep connections to the ethanol industry.

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|2018-06-21T00:18:10-04:00June 21st, 2018|Comments Off on ‘Conservative’ attack ads against Pruitt funded by ethanol-linked group

Biofuels Looking Worse, Not Better, Over Time

More than a decade after the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act imposed mandatory biofuel requirements on the American economy, even biofuel apologists acknowledge biofuels are falling far short of industry promises.

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|2018-05-14T14:24:22-04:00May 16th, 2018|Comments Off on Biofuels Looking Worse, Not Better, Over Time

The ethanol gravy train rolls on

Opponents make compelling case but can’t derail or even slow this well-protected industry.

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|2018-05-13T18:02:42-04:00May 14th, 2018|Comments Off on The ethanol gravy train rolls on

The biofuel crony capitalist revolving door

CFACT Senior Policy Analyst Paul Driessen pulls no punches, calling today's ethanol and biofuels mandates and subsidies a fascistic scheme that harms both the economy and the environment and does nothing to conserve domestic energy while doing a lot to stifle economic growth. He urges the swift repeal of ethanol and biofuels mandates.

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|2018-01-07T15:06:17-05:00January 7th, 2018|Comments Off on The biofuel crony capitalist revolving door

DC Swamp denizens strike back

Thanks to the efforts of Big Corn and other lobbyists, the American people will continue to be required to dilute their gasoline and diesel fuel (and their miles per gallon) with ethanol and biodiesel -- in increasing amounts. CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen recounts how the renewables mandates are harmful to the economy, the environment, and many of the vehicles that do not run well with these additives. One day, the people will win this war against harmful mandates -- just not this day.

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|2017-10-26T09:25:41-04:00October 23rd, 2017|Comments Off on DC Swamp denizens strike back

Trump’s struggle with the ethanol lobby is just beginning

Midwestern GOP Senators held up Trump’s nominees for EPA positions until they were reassured no changes would be made to the RFS, that mandates refiners purchase ever-increasing amounts of ethanol.

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|2017-10-19T22:28:07-04:00October 19th, 2017|3 Comments

Biofuel justifications are illusory

CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen explains why the renewable fuel standard is out of touch with today's energy realities -- the ethanol mandates, including for cellulosic ethanol -- far exceed even the perceived need. Ethanol ruins gasoline mileage, and gasoline cut with 15% ethanol ruins older automobile and truck engines (pre-2007) and almost all small gasoline-powered engines (including outboard motors, lawnmowers, and more).

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|2017-08-04T14:24:38-04:00July 29th, 2017|11 Comments

Diogenes searching for honest policies

CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Drieseen outlines the various justifications for wind turbines and biofuels and shows the fallacies behind arguments in their favor. The simple truth is that renewable energy costs more, and that hurts the poor, who are doubly stung as their tax dollars are given as subsidies to wealthy speculators (like Warren Buffett, who chortled that the subsidies are the reason he makes money from wind).

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|2017-03-10T09:21:34-05:00March 6th, 2017|34 Comments

The hidden agendas of sustainability illusions

Like “dangerous manmade climate change,” sustainability reflects poor understanding of basic energy, economic, resource extraction, and manufacturing principles – and a tendency to emphasize tautologies and theoretical models as an alternative to readily observable evidence in the Real World. It also involves well-intended but ill-informed people being led by ill-intended but well-informed activists who use the concept to gain greater government control over people’s lives, livelihoods, and living standards.

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|2017-02-10T05:56:21-05:00February 9th, 2017|47 Comments
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