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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.

By CFACT Ed, Dr. Jay Lehr, Howard Hayden |2020-04-15T11:48:15-04:00April 15th, 2020|Comments Off

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.

By CFACT Ed, Dr. Jay Lehr |2019-07-27T23:13:40-04:00July 31st, 2019|Comments Off

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.

By CFACT Ed |2018-10-05T16:29:39-04:00October 9th, 2018|Comments Off

Record corn yields debunk newest climate scare

Global warming activists and their media allies have been pushing a narrative this week that global warming is producing a corn crisis, but record-high crop yields show the corn scare is just another example of fake news.

By CFACT |2018-06-16T23:11:44-04:00June 16th, 2018|Comments Off

2007: a great year for growing bad legislation like the ethanol mandate

Back in 2007, states passed renewable portfolio standards at the same time the George W. Bush Administration was patting itself on the back for enacting the renewable fuels standard -- aka the ethanol mandate. Seven years later, most people see the flaws in this energy strategy, but the EPA continues unabated in its quest to push more ethanol into America's automobiles.

By Marita Noon |2014-09-27T19:49:12-04:00September 27th, 2014|2 Comments