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03/10/2008
The Energy Independence and Security Act requires 15 billion gal of corn ethanol in 2016. Using an average corn yield of 147 bushels/acre (the average over the 6-year period 2002-07), we find 41 million acres would have to be devoted to corn production for fuel ethanol. These 15 billion gal of ethanol would displace just 245 million bbl of reformulated gasoline—just 7.2% of year 2007 gasoline consumption. This hardly qualifies as ending our dependence on foreign oil.Ethanol production is currently much above the previous legislative mandate. Energy Information Administration data show that year 2007 fuel ethanol production should total about 6.5 billion gal. The new energy bill will ...
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