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__Ethanol Ads and Disads Factsheet__ Bryan Fabert 10/23/07 Al Energy Security Link: Incr Ethanol use deer dependence on fossil fuel, which is becoming scarcer Brink: deer use of fossil fuel deer fuel prices, avoid shock of rising oil prices Impacts: Deer transportation costs decreases cost of products that need to be transported, people more able to afford food, clothing, furniture, decreased overall cost of living decreases poverty rate and deer crime, violence, etc ? A2 Decrease Global Warming ' Link: Ethanol is Carbon Neutral because you take Carbon Dioxide out of the atmosphere when you grow plants, then you release the same amount of CO2 when you burn it, unlike fossil fuel that is just taken out of the ground and burned. Also Ethanol produced domestically instead of shipped from other countries which saves fuel Brink: Less CO2 in atmosphere decreases effect of global warming, stabler climate Impact: Less POVERTY because fewer people displaced from rising sea levels, less famine in arid countries, less violence, less desperation in-future SAVE LIVES A3 Incr Rural Development • •. Link: Ethanol is produced from crops such as com Brink: Incr use of Ethanol Incr farming jobs in Rural sectors which have a smaller job market than cities Impact: Decrease Unemployment in poor rural areas, deer poverty, deer crime, deer violence, SAVE LIVES A4 Less Pollution Link: Ethanol is biodegradable, fossil fuel is not Brink: Spills of ethanol do npt kill wildlife and poison water like oil tanker spills Impact: Save wildlife, save lives'from transportation crews trapped in oil, decrease costs of cleanup A5 Increase Agricultural Development in Less Developed Countries (use in response to DAS) Link: US uses unfair agricultural subsidies to make US food exports cheap and drive local farmers out of business in other countries such as Jamaica, India, Indonesia Brink: Incr Ethanol use Increases US food prices would allow local farmers to compete and create jobs in those countries Impact: Incr jobs in impoverished areas of other countries, incr local food security for poor nations, deer poverty, deer crime, incr stability ; A modern dry mill ethanol plant produces 2.8 gallons of ethanol from one bushel of corn. Dry mill facilities also produce distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) and carbon dioxide. Ethanol wet mills can also produce corn gluten meal, corn gluten feed, sweeteners and corn oil. DDGS and gluten feed are high value feeds used in the livestock industry. These feeds are used to feed livestock. Carbon dioxide is used in the food processing and bottling industries. And sweeteners and corn oil are also major ingredients in many of the foods we all enjoy. OPP SOLVENCY PRESSES Ethanol cannot replace our use of oil Ethanol still contributes to Global Warming because of CO2 burned in tractors, transportation, processing DAI More Pollution Link: Ethanol use will increase intensive agricultural farming, which is a dirty process in US. Brink: Incr pesticides, chemical fertilizers in water, air, incr toxins in people's body Impact: Incr Cancer rates, deer lifespan due to slow poisoning, deer fertiliy, PEOPLE DIE DA2 Incr Food Prices ; Link: Ethanol from food will incr price of corn, a major component in cereals, soups, processed foods Brink: Incr food prices leads to incr price of living, send many families below the poverty line Impact: Incr poverty incr crime, food riots, incr violence and DAS Povert Abroad ' - Link: US exports lots of cheap food overseas, gives more food aid than any other country Brink: Incr food prices in poor countries incr unrest Impact: Starvation, riots, political instability, violence
 * Coproducts of Ethanol Production (GOV Response to food price DA2) ' **