UMKC SDI 2008
Ethanol/BiofuelsWinfrey/DietrichGood/Bad
ETHANOL & BIOFUELS GOOD/BAD
ETHANOL & BIOFUELS GOOD/BAD.......................................................................................................................1
ETHANOL AFF
.......................................................................................................................................................1ETHANOL SOLVES WARMING..................................................................................................................................1ETHANOL SOLVES OIL..............................................................................................................................................1ETHANOL –A2 FOOD PRICES...................................................................................................................................1POLITICS- ETHANOL PX POPULAR .........................................................................................................................1ETHANOL SUBSIDES SOLVE....................................................................................................................................1ETHANOL A2: USES MORE ENERGY......................................................................................................................1SUGARCANE ETHANOL SOLVES.............................................................................................................................1US CAN DO SUGAR ETHANOL.................................................................................................................................1CELLULOSIC SUBSIDIES SOLVES...........................................................................................................................1CELLULOSIC ETHANOL SUPERIOR ........................................................................................................................1CELLULOSIC ETHANOL SOLVES ECON.................................................................................................................1CELLULOSIC SOLVES OIL.........................................................................................................................................1CELLULOSE ETHANOL AVOIDS FOOD PRICE DA...............................................................................................1
ETHANOL NEG
.....................................................................................................................................................1ENVIRONMENT TURN...............................................................................................................................................1ENVIRONMENT TURN EXT- BIODIVERSITY.........................................................................................................1ETHANOL HURTS ENVIRONMENT..........................................................................................................................1ETHANOL SUBSIDIES BAD.......................................................................................................................................1ETHANOL SUBSIDIES BAD.......................................................................................................................................1ETHANOL INCENTIVES FAIL....................................................................................................................................1ETHANOL- NO SOLVENCY OIL DEPENDENCE.....................................................................................................1FOOD PRICES TURN...................................................................................................................................................1ETHANOL INCREASE FOOD PRICES.......................................................................................................................1FOOD PRICE IX- WAR .................................................................................................................................................1FOOD PRICE IX- MID EAST.......................................................................................................................................1STATES SOLVENCY.....................................................................................................................................................1
BIOFUELS AFF
......................................................................................................................................................1INCENTIVES SOLVE FOR BIOFUELS.......................................................................................................................1BIOFUELS SOLVES......................................................................................................................................................1BIOFUELS SOLVE WARMING...................................................................................................................................1BIOFUELS SOLVE ECONOMY...................................................................................................................................1BIOFUELS SOLVE GROUNDWATER ........................................................................................................................1VEGETABLE OIL SOLVES ENVIRONMENT............................................................................................................1VEGETABLE OIL SOLVE OIL DEPENDENCE.........................................................................................................1
BIOFUELS NEG
.....................................................................................................................................................1INHERENCY.................................................................................................................................................................1BIOFUELS HURT ENVIRONMENT...........................................................................................................................1 NO SOLVENCY OIL DEPENDENCE..........................................................................................................................1 NO SOLVENCY BIODIESEL INCENTIVES...............................................................................................................1STATES SOLVE.............................................................................................................................................................1SPENDING LINK ..........................................................................................................................................................1
UMKC SDI 2008
Ethanol/BiofuelsWinfrey/DietrichGood/Bad
ETHANOL AFF
UMKC SDI 2008
Ethanol/BiofuelsWinfrey/DietrichGood/Bad
ETHANOL SOLVES WARMING
ETHANOL AND OTHER BIOFUELS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GHG EMISSIONSAND AIR POLLUTIONRene de Vera 2008
(Enrique, * AB 1997, Stanford University; JD Candidate 2008, The University of Chicago,“The WTO and Biofuels: The Possibility of Unilateral Sustainability Requirements” 8 Chi. J. Int'l L. 661 Winter ln)kwBiofuels consist primarily of two different types: biodiesel and ethanol. Biodiesel is a clean-burning alternative to petroleum fuel that is made from renewable resources, such as palm oil or soybean oil. It can be used as an additiveto petroleum fuels or used by itself in unmodified diesel engines.
The use of biodiesel might lead to asubstantial reduction of unburned hydrocarbons, a major contributor to ozone and smog,and results in a substantial reduction in carbon mon-oxide and particulate matter
(of about48 and 47 percent, respectively)
when compared to emissions from normal diesel fuel
. A 1998 studysponsored by the US Department of Energy and the US Department of Agriculture concluded that
biodieselreduces net carbon dioxide emissions, a leading source of global warming, by 78 percentcompared to petro-leum
diesel. n8Like biodiesel, ethanol can also be used as an alternative fuel or as an additive to petroleum-derived fuel used inconventional gasoline engines. Currently, ethanol is made primarily from corn or sugar, although any biomasscontain-ing sugar, starch, or a combination of the two can be converted into ethanol.
Ethanol burns withoutparticulate emis-sions and produces less carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide thangasoline.
n9 According to a report issued by Argonne National Laboratories,
ethanol use can reduce totalgreenhouse gas
[*664]
emissions by
up to
87 percent
. n10 Since the carbon dioxide produced duringethanol combustion is largely offset by the carbon dioxide that was absorbed during the growth of the plants used tomake ethanol, on balance ethanol greatly reduces carbon dioxide emissions relative to gasoline. n11
ETHANOL SOLVES ENVIRONMENT AND OIL DEPENDENCEMalloy, 07.
(Gerry, Special to the Star columnist. Is ethanol the true magic elixir?; Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon of this alternative, renewable energy source but is interest warranted? The Toronto Star. April 21, 2007.Date accessed: 6/24/08. ln)kw
Why is ethanol being embraced so enthusiastically as an alternative fuel?
Two reasons are cited by proponents: From an environmental perspective
, it has a potentially lower carbon footprint, whichhas huge benefits in terms of its impact on climate change.It can be produced from domestically grown feedstocks such as corn, which reduces energydependence on foreign oil - a big deal south of the border - and gives farmers an economicboost.ETHANOL SOLVES WARMINGThe Dominion Post, 06
. (Honda's flexible Civic. October 7, 2006. Date accessed: 6/24/08. ln)
Bio-ethanol fuel
, as used in Brazil and other countries, is made from plant sources such as sugarcane
. Becauseplants absorb CO2 via photosynthesis, the amount of CO2 released into the atmospherefrom burning bioethanol fuel does not increase atmospheric CO2. This makes bio-ethanolfuel an effective means to combat global warming as well as an alternative to petrol.
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