The
"ethanol shuffle"
Nic
Houslip highlighted this extraordinary topic - at the heart
of the issue is how both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) are calculating
carbon emissions for corn-based ethanol and Brazilian sugar
ethanol. Geoff Cooper, the Renewable Fuels Association’s
Vice President of Research and Analysis, explains how it works.
We probably need to recognise that a trade association might
be "talking up its own book" to some extent, but it
is interesting nonetheless.
Ethanol Producer Magazine's article on the shuffle. More
Posted: 150112
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Flawed
carbon accounting schemes at both the US federal
and state level are creating a dynamic where the
US is importing ethanol from Brazil while simultaneously
exporting greater volumes back to Brazil. This “ethanol
shuffle” is occurring exclusively as the result
of state and Federal fuel regulations that “treat
Brazilian sugarcane ethanol as if it were the Holy
Grail of biofuels,” according to Geoff Cooper,
the Renewable Fuels Association’s Vice President
of Research and Analysis. In
his recent blog post, “The Ethanol Shuffle,”
Cooper explores this convoluted trade relationship
and how U.S. policy is turning world ethanol markets
upside down.
See
RFA article. More
See the blog article. More |
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