Ethanol’s environmental advantage over petrol confirmed by US study

The Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA), US, has unveiled the results of two studies this week that confirm ethanol can grow substantially without affecting the food or feed sectors’ supply of corn and that the carbon footprint of ethanol is less than that of gasoline.

Mueller’s study looked at the global warming and land use impact of corn ethanol produced at the Illinois River Energy ethanol plant