- Cheaper fuel for consumers
- Increased energy security & diversified sources
- Increased farm incomes & rural employment
- Significant carbon emission reduction
The ethanol industry benefits from a broad range of support in the United States. Rural farming communities support the increased opportunity to market feed and energy crops. Macroeconomists look to ethanol to reduce the energy portion of the growing U.S. trade deficit. Environmentalists appreciate ethanol’s improvement of air quality and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Political leaders and policy makers acknowledge that ethanol offers a rare win-win policy scenario.
Available today, ethanol is an important piece of the renewable energy puzzle. Corn ethanol is not an ending point, but is the growth engine for U.S. based ethanol production. Conventional ethanol establishes a platform (via infrastructure, policy advancement and industry acceptance) for other renewable fuels. Ethanol plants have helped revitalize rural agricultural communities across the United States by spurring economic development; increasing local tax revenues; creating year-round, high-paying jobs; and creating enterprise opportunities for local businesses. As a renewable resource with positive environmental benefits, ethanol is part of the sustainable, domestic solution to our energy needs. Ethanol provides consumers with greener fuel choice today and sets the stage for greener, lower cost renewable fuels for the future.
Additional Ethanol Policy Support in the United States:
► Federal
► California State
► Environmental Groups
► Cilion
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