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Tuesday, August 07, 2018

EPA Released A Long-Delayed Report Showing Ethanol Hurts The Environment

An extensive report from the Environmental Protection Agency found that including ethanol into the U.S. gas supply is wreaking havoc on the atmosphere and soil.

In a study titled “Biofuels and the Environment: The Second Triennial Report to Congress,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that ethanol derived from corn and soybeans is causing serious harm to the environment. Water, soil and air quality were all found to be adversely affected by biofuel mandates.

“Evidence since enactment of [the Energy Independence and Security Act] suggests an increase in acreage planted with soybeans and corn, with strong indications from observed changes in land use that some of this increase is a consequence of increased biofuel production,” read a portion of the 159-page report.

The ethanol mandate has negatively effected water quality, with greater biofuel production resulting in more harmful algae blooms and hypoxia. While most algae is harmless to water, some forms — such as the kind produced in Lake Eerie from biofuel feedstock — has emitted toxic chemicals into the water. This harmful algae can consume the oxygen in the water, a process known as hypoxia, killing other wildlife.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lake Erie will turn into Lake Eerie if we continue on our present course.

Anonymous said...

6:24 nothing can stop it now, it is to far gone and to late... This stuff is in the bible so get ready...

Anonymous said...

DUH...how long has the average joe been saying this??? the epa had an agenda and it wasn't to help America...

Anonymous said...

I'm sure the highly-esteemed "journalist" holds a distinguished college degree and intentionally misspelled "Lake Eerie", right?

Anonymous said...

Duh!

Anonymous said...

Atmosphere and soil? How about the thousands of old mechanical equipment (chain saws, lawn mowers, tractors, boat engines) that have frozen up due to gunk build up with this elthanol poo?

Corn is for eating, not mixing with gasoline!

Anonymous said...

Corn isn't even fit for eating or making fructose. I't only fit for human consumption as liquor.