Cruz opposes ethanol

No. The holistic assessment of ethanol’s environmental footprint is called a lifecycle emissions analysis.

The lifecycle emissions of ethanol—from seed to tailpipe—can produce as much as 90 percent fewer lifecycle emissions compared to gasoline, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by up to 59 percent compared to gasoline, according to the latest study.

Again, no. It creates competition which drives the price of motor fuel down.

Again, no. Ethanol is a clean-burning, high-octane fuel that reduces emissions and helps keep your engine clean. It’s the only practical, renewable fuel available right now, for the car you already have.

Correct. Corn is a stupid, and expensive, source of ethanol. However, ethanol production is now into its second generation. It’s made from cellulose, the most common renewable biomass on the planet. It’s found in all plants, and today’s ethanol producers are making it from corn cobs, wood waste, agricultural waste and more. Other sources all over America are in development, and with continued support, next-generation biofuels could replace much of our imported oil by 2030. The technology of cellulosic ethanol could be used all over the world to help make poor countries and rural communities energy independent, too.

 

Wow. You really are out to lunch, aren't you?

I think Trump is a clown. I live in the Midwest, but in the far, far south of Texas. We don't grow corn here. We grow sugar cane, onions, and citrus. And I already said how stupid it is to make ethanol out of corn (or sugar cane), and that present ethanol technology uses waste biomass, not corn or sugar cane.

Wrong again. 60% less environmental impact.

We all use it. Including you. And it is not because the government mandates it. It is because we spend $700 billion dollars every year on foreign oil. And some (or even much) of that oil money is spent on international terrorism.

Yet.

For a while, but the environment is worth the minor additional cost.

As food stuffs are not being used to make biomass ethanol, your statement is nonsense.

Which has nothing to do with ethanol. He is carrying many states due to the entertainment factor. Nothing more.

 

Wrong. 59% cleaner.

Nope. The US EPA mandates oxygenateors be added to motor fuel. The demand for ethanol produced from field corn was spurred by the discovery that methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) was contaminating groundwater. MTBE's use as an oxygenate additive was widespread due to mandates in the Clean Air Act amendments of 1992 to reduce carbon monoxide emissions. MTBE in gasoline had been banned in almost 20 states by 2006.

As of March 2015, 85% of crude oil imports came from (in decreasing volume): Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia. 19% of imported oil comes from the Middle East. The fraction of crude oil consumed in the U.S. that was imported went from 35% immediately before the 1973 oil crisis, peaked at 60% in 2005, and then returned to 35% by 2013 thanks to increased domestic production from the shale oil boom.

Meaningless drivel.

You seem not to be paying attention. Second generation ethanol production uses biomass, not corn or sugar cane.