J.W.G. Turner and R.J. Pearson et al, Lotus Engineering
The authors of this research argue that since there isn’t enough E85 to power all the flex-fuel vehicles on the road, “the introduction of methanol (which can be made extremely simply and cheaply from natural gas) into gasoline-ethanol mixtures, can be used to create drop-in fuels equivalent to E85 and can bring the price of an alcohol-based fuel for spark-ignition engines down to less than that of gasoline.”
by J.W.G. Turner and R.J. Pearson et al, Lotus Engineering
The authors of this research argue that since there isn’t enough E85 to power all the flex-fuel vehicles on the road, “the introduction of methanol (which can be made extremely simply and cheaply from natural gas) into gasoline-ethanol mixtures, can be used to create drop-in fuels equivalent to E85 and can bring the price of an alcohol-based fuel for spark-ignition engines down to less than that of gasoline.”
by Bruce Babcock and Wei Zhou, the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University
This paper, written by two economists, estimates what drove food-price increases from 1997-2004 and 2005-12. “It concludes that most of the price increases are accounted for by crude oil prices.”
by Roger A. Sedjo, Brent Sohngen and Anne Riddle, Resources for the Future
This study challenges the <2008 findings of Princeton scholar Tim Searchinger> http://www.whrc.org/resources/publications/pdf/SearchingeretalScience08.pdf, who posited that producing biofuels from crops and forests will end up elevating greenhouse-gas emissions, not reducing them, because such plants absorb carbon dioxide, a primary GHG. Sedjo et al said their model showed that “these sources can economically produce large levels of biomass without compromising crop production, thereby mitigating the land conversion and carbon emissions effects posited by the Searchinger Hypothesis.”
by John Baffes and Allen Dennis, the World Bank
This paper, written by two economists, estimates what drove food-price increases from 1997-2004 and 2005-12. “It concludes that most of the price increases are accounted for by crude oil prices.”
