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arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-linkThe One Climate Policy All 2024 Candidates Support Is Actually Terrible | Ethanol is a comically inefficient form of solar energy—and a toxic one. Solar panels would be betternewrepublic.com@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoCompare this to gasoline. Same engine, right? For cars older than a decade, is it or is it not marginally better than inefficient and toxic gasoline?
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink6•1 year agoThere’s a fair bit of evidence that the ethanol is worse: the carbon intensity of corn ethanol produced under the RFS is no less than gasoline and likely at least 24% higher
Compare this to gasoline. Same engine, right?
For cars older than a decade, is it or is it not marginally better than inefficient and toxic gasoline?
There’s a fair bit of evidence that the ethanol is worse: