Ethanol: A Cautionary Tale C. Ford Runge, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Law, University of Minnesota 2011 Farmer.

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Ethanol: A Cautionary Tale C. Ford Runge, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Law, University of Minnesota 2011 Farmer Cooperatives Conference, Minneapolis, MN November 3-4, 2011

U.S. Biofuels Policy 45¢/gallon “blenders credit” passed through to producers (reduced from 51¢/gallon to 45¢/gallon in 2008 Farm Bill) 54¢/gallon tariff on imported ethanol (extended from 2010 to 2012 in 2008 Farm Bill) Obama has proposed raising mandate to 60 billion gallons by billion gallon mandate by 2022, of which 21 billion “cellulosic” 385 million dollars in subsidies to cellulosic pilot plants (more subsidies in 2008 Farm Bill)

U.S. Government Support in Dollars from Combined Subsidies to Biofuels Koplow, 2009

U.S. Subsidies to Biofuels Summary of Subsidy to Biofuel Industry through the Tax Credits and RFS (in billions) In Year 2008$10 In Year 2022$60 Cumulative Between 2008 and 2022$420 Summary of Subsidy to Biofuel Industry through the Tax Credits and RFS under “Obama Plan” (in billions) In Year 2030$125 Cumulative Between 2008 and 2030>$1,000 Koplow, 2009

Corn (C, CBOT)

Food Price Index (FAO)

Mortality and Morbidity I.M. Goklany, “Could Biofuel Policies Increase Death and Disease in Developing Countries?”, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons 16(1)(2011). Increase in biofuels production since 2004 has pushed 35 million additional people into absolute poverty. Goklany estimates this will cause 192,000 excess deaths per year from malnutrition-related disease and a loss of 6.7 million “disability-adjusted life-years” (DALY’s) per year.

Human Costs Global warming is estimated to lead to 141,000 deaths and 5.4 million DALY’s so biofuels – in theory which reduce CO 2 loadings, have human costs greater than those of global warming itself. (Goklany, 2011)

Relative Cost of CO 2 Abatement Options

Environmental and Ecological Impacts Water Use NAS (2007): Corn grown for ethanol consumes 200 times more water than to process it. Processing requires 4 litres of H 2 O per litre of ethanol, compared with 1.5 litres of H 2 O per litre of gasoline.

Environmental and Ecological Impacts (cont.) Water Pollution Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) loadings into lakes, rivers, streams: Dead Zone in Gulf to rise in to 22,127 km 2 : 25 percent above Likely to be exceeded in 2011 due to heavy flooding in Mississippi Basin.

The “Dead Zone”: 2010

Environmental and Ecological Impacts (cont.) Land Use Millions of acres leaving U.S. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for corn, and soybeans: both erosive row-crops. 10 percent substitution of ethanol and biodiesel for petroleum fuels will require 43 percent of U.S. crop and 38 percent of EU cropland (Righelato and Spracklen, Science, 2007)

Environmental and Ecological Impacts (cont.) Carbon Loadings and “Debt” Fargione, et al. (Science, 2008): corn for ethanol on converted cropland creates 98 year carbon “debt”. Soybean biodiesel from rainforest 319 year debt; palm oil biodiesel from peatland rainforest 423 year debt.

Environmental and Ecological Impacts (cont.) Searchinger, et al. (Science, 2008): land use changes worldwide for biofuels double GHG emissions over 30 years, increase GHG’s for 167 years. Switchgrass based biofuels on corn lands increase GHG emissions by 50 percent.

Environmental and Ecological Impacts (cont.) Crutzen, et al. (Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2007): N 2 O released from corn, rapeseed grown for biofuels 296 times more damaging than CO 2, net GHG negative.

Policy Responses (1) Replace fixed 45¢/gallon blender’s credit with subsidy varying inversely with price of corn (e.g., at $3.00/bushel, credit would be 45¢; at $3.45, it would be zero). (2) Phase-out 54¢/gallon tariff on imported ethanol. (3) Impose 5 year moratorium on mandates, fix at 2010 level.

Policy Responses (cont.) (4)Introduce conservation-inducing “negative pollution taxes” and credits (e.g., rising taxes on horsepower, hybrid vehicle rebates, fees on housing spaces greater than 3,500 square feet). (5)Shift subsidies from cellulose plants to cellulosic R&D.