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Ethanol Ethanol Ethanol is a chemical (similar to that of gasoline) that is mixed into gasoline, to help produce fewer greenhouse emissions. Clip art by Microsoft PowerPoint

Ethanol “Ethanol can be made from any crop or plant that contains a large amount of sugar or components that can be converted into sugar, such as starch or cellulose”. F For more information on how Ethanol is mad made, or what it is made from please go to to Ethanol . Sugar cane Quote taken from http://environment.about.com/od/ethanolfaq/f/ethanol_process.htm. wheat Clip art by Microsoft PowerPoint

Ethanol Some including the President still think that Ethanol is the answer to our increasing energy crisis in the U.S. “We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories…All this we can do. All this we will do.” KCTribune President Obama’s Inauguration Speech 1-20-09. copied from Kctribune.com Clip art by Microsoft PowerPoint

Ethanol “Ethanol is an important and essential part of our future.  It has great benefits for our economy and the environment. ” “Ethanol, in particular, is essential to our energy security because it can be consumed” “Today marks the beginning of a new era of clean, sustainable economic growth for this [nation].” Greenfield All quotes taken from http://www.gordbrown.com/EN/6850/97659. Clip art by Microsoft PowerPoint

Ethanol Most people find this type of Biofuel controversial. “the corn-based ethanol industry is not a fiscally viable alternative energy source and environmental scientists are stating that it’s production and use is actually contributing more to global warming than regular gas.“ For full article please go to KCTribune.com Picture of the South Bend, Indiana Ethanol plant. Picture courtesy of kctribune.com.

Ethanol Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, recently published the first comprehensive study of major alternative energy proposals in Energy & Environmental Science magazine stating that “Ethanol-based biofuels will actually cause more harm to human health, wildlife, water supply and land use than current fossil fuels."KCTribune.com Clip art by Microsoft PowerPoint

How do we know what is best for our Future? Ethanol How do we know what is best for our Future? Pro’s Lead to believe that Ethanol is good for our economy and energy crisis. Ethanol can be made from any plant or material made of sugar or made into sugar. Con’s Told that our way of life and environment are in danger of being extinct. Global warming is becoming more of a problem. More Pros and cons located at Yahoo Clip art by Microsoft PowerPoint

Ethanol How do we decide what is best for our Future? The President is putting 80% of the money for energy alternative research into biofuels; this rest is divided up for wind, solar, and other energy alternatives research departments. Source of Statistics from Kctibune.com Clip art by Microsoft PowerPoint

Ethanol What is best for our future? What is best for you? These questions we ask ourselves in the brink of a disaster heading in our direction. What is best for the future of our children is the question we should be asking ourselves, what we do today is going to affect their future as well! For more information on Ethanol please visit the American Coalition for Ethanol at www.ethanol.org Clip art by Microsoft PowerPoint