THE FACTS ABOUT ETHANOL America’s Homegrown Fuel GrowthEnergy.org Every day, homegrown ethanol is helping America become more energy independent. Used as a supplement in.
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THE FACTS ABOUT ETHANOL America’s Homegrown Fuel GrowthEnergy.org Every day, homegrown ethanol is helping America become more energy independent. Used as a supplement in gasoline, American ethanol offsets 42 million gallons of foreign oil a day, helping reduce prices at the pump. Higher blends of ethanol are used by millions of vehicles already on the road, and that number is growing. Renewable American ethanol is paving the way to a cleaner, better future. Learn more at GrowthEnergy.org. Contents 2Ethanol: America’s Energy 3 Fueling the United States 4A Pathway: The Renewable Fuel Standard 5 Cellulosic Ethanol: The 50-State Solution 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 6 A Good Investment for America 7 Future Ethanol Production 8 Historical Average: U.S. Corn Yields 9 Where Does America’s Corn Go? 10 Your Dollar at the Grocery Store 11 Gasoline, not Food Prices on the Rise 12 Livestock & Poultry Producers are Better Off 13 Farmers are Better Off 14 Ethanol: Fuel and Food 15 Environmental Advancements Small Impact: Ethanol’s Slice of the Corn Supply USDA Conservation Expenditures Ethanol’s Energy Balance Lap After Lap on American Ethanol What Do You Think is Causing High Gas Prices? Hidden Costs of Oil The World According to Oil The World According to Farming Poised to Grow Ethanol Cleans Our Environment While Oil Pollutes It Source information and methodology can be found at GrowthEnergy.org/flipbook. 1 Ethanol: America’s Energy Cleaner, Greener and Homegrown Ethanol is America’s renewable fuel — reliable, clean, homegrown, affordable and available. Using ethanol as a supplement in gasoline reduces greenhouse gas emissions, decreases our dependence on foreign oil, creates American jobs and revitalizes our rural communities. Renewable biofuels like ethanol are paving the way towards U.S. energy independence. Currently, ethanol displaces 42 million gallons of imported oil per day. In 2013, ethanol saved American consumers more than $100 billion. Imagine how much more we can save with higher blends like E15, while sending less money overseas and keeping more investment at home. New innovations are constantly improving ethanol production, making it more energy and resource efficient, and allowing the fuel to be produced from almost anything, from corn cobs to plant materials to waste, meaning ethanol will never run out. With rapidly growing energy demands, our nation must invest in homegrown biofuels that are cleaner, cheaper and offer a more reliable supply than fossil fuels. Imagine all the good we can do for our economy, our environment and our future by increasing the blend of ethanol in our fuel supply. 2 PRODUCED BY Growth Energy 777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 805 Washington, DC 20002 202.545.4000 P H O N E 202.545.4001 FAX [email protected] E M AI L GrowthEnergy.org GrowthEnergy Fueling the United States U.S. Ethanol and Crude Oil Imports SOURCE: EIA, adjusted to reflect gasoline yields. 3 APathway:The Renewable Fuel Standard How America is Fueling Its Future SOURCE: EPA 4 Cellulosic Ethanol: The 50-State Solution A Variety of Renewable Biomass Can be Converted to Ethanol 1 METRIC TON 1.1 TONS; SOURCE: NREL 5 A Good Investment for America Ethanol is a Win-Win for Everyone Ethanol Industry to the Economy of the United States 2014; CBO; Farm Commodity programs cost $16.9 billion in 2006 and $4.9 billion in 2012. EIA; Louisiana State University, The Impact of Ethanol Production on the U.S. Gasoline Market 2012, Industry Analysis 6 Future Ethanol Production Potential Growth 7 Historical Averages As Technology Evolves, Corn Yields Continue to Rise SOURCE: ERS/USDA 8 Where Does America’s Corn Go? We’ve Got Plenty to Go Around SOURCE: ERS/USDA Feed Grains Database 9 Your Dollar at the Grocery Store Food Price Increase: What’s the Real Story? SOURCES: ERS/USDA, Industry Analysis, EIA and Nebraska Corn Board 1 0 Gasoline, not Food Prices on the Rise Consumer Price Index SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics 11 Livestock & Poultry Producers are Better Off Margin Over Feed Costs are Up SOURCE: USDA 12 Farmers are Better Off Net Farm Income is Up SOURCE: USDA 13 Ethanol: Fuel and Food Feed, Fuel and More from Ethanol Production 14 Environmental Advancements Innovation Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions SOURCE: Argonne National Laboratory (Note: these current percentages do not include land use change) 15 Small Impact U.S. Ethanol’s Slice of the Domestic Corn Supply Only 17.5 percent of net corn acres are used for renewable fuels Carryout Exports Biofuel production only removes the starch from the corn. The protein, fiber and oil are returned to the animal feed supply in the biofuel feed co-product known as Distiller’s Grains (DDGs). Distiller’s Grains amount to one- third of the corn used in ethanol production. Distiller’s Grains also replace soybean meal in feed rations, meaning there is less demand for soybeans, requiring fewer acres planted to soybeans. Food & Industrial U.S. Feed (with DDGs) 2010-11 Crop Year Corn Acreage >> • Actual “net acres” used for ethanol are less than 50 percent of gross acres. • Only the starch is used for ethanol. • DDGs displace corn and soybean meal. • Corn yields are three times soybean yields. SOURCE: Richard Nelson, Ph.D., Kansas State University 16 Net Corn Ethanol USDA Conservation Expenditures Farmers Continue to Expand Conservation Efforts SOURCES: ERS analysis of USDA Office of Budget and Policy Analysis (OBPA) data 17 Ethanol’s Energy Balance Net Energy Production Increases SOURCES: USDA; Mueller and Kwik, 2012 Corn Ethanol: Emerging Plant Energy and Emerging Technologies, University of Illinois 18 Lap After Lap on American Ethanol America’s Renewable Fuel is Revolutionizing a Sport NASCAR® is approaching six million competition miles on Sunoco Green E15™, a biofuel blended with 15% American Ethanol made from American-grown corn that reduces emissions. SIX MILLION MILES EQUATES TO 241 LAPS AROUND THE EARTH 19 What Do You Think is Causing High Gas Prices? Gas Prices Tied to Crude Oil, not Ethanol or Renewable Identification Numbers SOURCE: OPIS 20 Hidden Costs of Oil What Are You Really Paying For at the Pump? SOURCES: Center for American Progress, National Resources Defense Council, Office of Management and Budget, Im- ported Oil and U.S. National Security, Rand Corporation 2009 Energy Information Administration. Based on 2013 U.S. consumption levels of 3.6 billion barrels of imported oil and the EIA’s 2012 average price of imported oil per barrel of $98.12 2 1 $353b The World According to Oil RUSSI A CANAD A KAZAKHSTAN IRAQ IRAN UNITED STATES CHINA KUWAITQATA ALGERIA LIBYA MEXICO VENEZUEL A BRAZIL NIGERI A R SAUD I ARABIA EMIRATES ANGOLA SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013 22 UNITE D ARAB The World According to Farming RUSSI A CANADA EUROPEAN UNITE D STATE S KAZAKHSTAN UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN UNION IRAN TURKEY MOROCC O IRAQ LIBYA EGYP T CHIN A PAKISTAN SAUDI ARABIA INDIA YEMEN BURMA THAILAND BANGLADESH VIETNAM NIGERI A MEXICO ETHIOPIA PHILIPPINE S MALAYSIA INDONESI A BRAZIL PARAGUAY ARGENTIN A AUSTRALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOURCE: USDA 23 Poised to Grow Moving Beyond the Blend Wall 24 Ethanol Cleans Our Environment While Oil Pollutes It Since the Enactment of the RFS, Ethanol is Cleaning our Air, While Oil Spills Continue to Pollute our Land and Water SOURCE: US Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Analysis (CG-INV), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. *Deep Water Horizon Spill of more than 206 million gallons is not included on this chart 25 14-004 Growth Energy 777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 805 Washington, DC 20002 202.545.4000 202.545.4001 E M AI L [email protected] P HO NE FA X GrowthEnergy.org 777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 805 Washington, DC 20002 PHONE: FAX: 202.545.4000 202.545.4001 EMAIL: [email protected]