Study urges sustainable corn production, warns of climate change danger

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June 14, 2014 11:00 pm
by Nicholas Bergin/Lincoln Journal Star


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Biofuel said a sustainable fuel source

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Published: Feb. 24, 2012 at 6:33 PM

TSUKUBA, Japan, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Growing crops for fuel as opposed to refining fossil fuels and substituting bioethanol for gasoline is a sustainable energy strategy, Japanese researchers say.

In a study published in the International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, researchers analyzed the overall life-cycle impact on raising fuel crops and the energy required to process and exploit biomass compared with fossil fuels.

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The World's First Verified Sustainable Ethanol Introduced

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Monday, May 26, 2008

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 26, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Swedish SEKAB today announced that it is the first company in the world to supply verified sustainable ethanol. This ethanol from Brazilian sugarcane is quality assured from environmental, climate and social perspectives.

"Consumers and other stakeholders need guarantees that the ethanol is verified sustainable," says Anders Fredriksson, EVP of SEKAB BioFuels & Chemicals.

SEKAB has together with progressive Brazilian producers developed criteria that cover the entire lifecycle of ethanol from the sugarcane fields to its use in flexi-fuel (FFV) cars.

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