A Convenient Solution
Ethanol is one of the best ways to cut greenhouse gases while saving drivers money, reducing oil imports and decreasing air pollution.
A new study finds:
- Ethanol lowers CO2 emissions by 20 percent compared to gasoline, making it one of our most effective greenhouse gas reduction programs currently in place.
- The 7 billion gallons of ethanol that U.S. drivers will use by the end of 2007 will reduce CO2 emissions by 14 million tons. That is equivalent to not burning 1.45 billion gallons of gasoline — or taking 2.75 million cars off the road.
- If E20 were approved for standard, non-flex fuel vehicles, we could reduce U.S. CO2 emissions by 58 million tons.
Source:
Better Environmental Solutions, “Ethanol: A Convenient Solution to an Inconvenient Truth,” December 2007.
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