Filed in archive Biofuel by Reden Rodriguez on April 24, 2007

Here is a piece of the report from the New York Times, last April 18 entitled, Ethanol May Cause Smog, Deaths!

"Switching from gasoline to ethanol -- touted as a green alternative at the pump may create dirtier air, causing slightly more smog-related deaths, a new study says. Nearly 200 more people would die yearly from respiratory problems if all vehicles in the United States ran on a mostly Ethanol fuel blend by 2020, the research concludes.

Apparently, the reason is an increase in Ozone levels, due to the high ozone-forming capability of Ethanol.

But the quick take here is, would a 180 degree shift be possible? Unlikely. I would still rather die of ozone poisoning than skin cancer.

What do you guys think?

Related Entries:

One Billion Tons of Oil Equivalent - 25 October 2006
Iowa Plans to Establish $200 M Cellulose-to-Ethanol Facility - 27 November 2006
Chevron Proposes to Develop High-Efficiency Ethanol Plants - 27 November 2006
China: Fast Becoming An Environmental Woe - 30 January 2007
Al Gore and Technology Leaders - 25 February 2007
Ethanol-Based Fuels Pose More Health Risks than Gasoline - 19 April 2007
Ethanol and Health Risks - 28 April 2007

« The Quandary | Main | Rating Biofuels »

Permalink: Will Ethanol Cause More Pollution???

Tags: Ethanol Pollution Renewable Energy Ozone energy ethanol+cause more+pollution

Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/65403

Addthis

Ask

Blinklist

del.icio.us

Digg

Fark

Facebook

Google

Lycos

Ma.gnolia

Mr Wong

Netscape

Netvousz

Newsvine

StumbleUpon

Slashdot

Tailrank

Technorati

Wink

Yahoo

Vote for Will Ethanol Cause More Pollution???:

Currently 9.67/10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Rating: 9.67 out of 3 vote(s) cast.

Add your response to Will Ethanol Cause More Pollution???:

Name: *

Email: (will never be shown)*

URL:

(* marked fields are required)

Notify me if more comments appear?

Subscribe to IfEnergy newsletter? (Newsletters are sent out weekly).

Remember me

Security Code: *
(Please help us to sort out spam.)

Please enter your comment here: (Sorry, no HTML is allowed - URLs will be made clickable automatically if you add http:// to your URL.)

We welcome your comments, however all comments are moderated. Offensive or off-topic comments will be deleted and not displayed.

Share It

Use the search to look for other interesting posts

Contributors (Last 90 days)

Greg Cruey (11)
Creative Weblogging (3)

This site has 521 entries and is powered by Creative Weblogging since April 2006.

Gas prices too high? Try Europe. - CSM

Our Editors recommend

Disclaimer

Some of the contents of this site are protected Creative Weblogging Inc. 2004-2010.

Check out our Sponsored Blogs!

Business Computer Blog (UK)

Testimonials

I have been reading your blog for a few months now, and I really enjoy all the interesting information I am able to get from it. - Shion Deysarkar of Beyond Pollution, Inc.

Thank you for you interest in helping people be more aware of the number one problem of our earth - global warming - Twinkle Tismo

Hello! This grass absorbant is great, they should have all gas station floor like this so every month it can be disposed of so the environment does not get contaminated. I have to say, I really enjoyed reading your blog. It is hard to find a well written blog like this. - Jessica Kardon