Since the United States and the European Union quickly to find solutions to global climate change much less than ideal choices are being selected. Please account the growing demand for biofuel E85. Under the Clean Air Fund in 2007 one of every eight gallons of gas sold contains ethanol. What is E85? E85 is one of ethanol biofuels. In the United States is made largely from corn.
In the U.S., our government has decided to turn the corn Based on E85 biofuel. This support led government has significantly increased demand for E85. How does the demand for biofuels like E85 affect us? Does it affect to our health? Does it affect our environment? These questions are important when consuming more than four billion gallons of ethanol each year.
Clean Burning ethanol?
While it is true that when pure ethanol burns less oil and release carbon monoxide compared to pure gasoline, also is rarely true that burning pure ethanol in our cars. We burn E5, E10, E85 and E95, all from different mixtures of pure ethanol – E85 being the most common. E85 is the 85% ethanol and 15% oil. Compared with pure ethanol, burning E85 is much more toxic. Under the Clean Air Fund, E85 burning produces "nitrate peroxyacetyl, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. "
Burning food for fuel
Each day about 820 million people in countries developing not have enough food to eat. This results in starvation, in some cases. When we choose to convert food crops like corn in Biofuels such as E85, we force food prices. As the price of food rises inevitably become inaccessible for many of the poorest in the world. The increase Food prices have already sparked food riots in Mexico and Morocco. Recently, the World Food Program warned that food costs increases rapidly and threatening the food supply emergency.
Biofuels are all bad?
All biofuels are not bad. When produced efficiently or when it is produced from organic waste such as waste chocolate about biofuels in their local markets may be part of the solution global climate change. As an environmentally conscious consumer it is up to you to understand the differences between different types of biofuels and see through potential green washing.
A Possible Solution
Since not all biofuels are bad, many are created efficiently and not force humans and their vehicles in a competition for food. Existing technologies such as sugar cane in Brazil, ethanol is derived much more efficient to produce than our E85 and new technologies that convert food waste into biofuel are also promising. To sort the biofuels environmentally sound of which do not have to establish strong global standards. Is a unit in our car worth depriving a hungry child food? We should not be forced to do this question and strong global standards on biofuels can prevent us from having a.
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