Green Ethanol Provides Environmental Advantages

Ethanol made from biotech corn yields more environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline. Biotechnology is enhancing the important environmental benefits that ethanol, a plant-derived biofuel, already is delivering. Two of the greatest environmental benefits from ethanol are cleaner air and water. Ethanol has been shown to reduce the emission of harmful air pollutants, including greenhouse gases linked to global warming. Ethanol also is replacing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a substance that's harmful to drinking water, as an additive in gasoline. Ethanol increasingly is being derived from biotech corn varieties, which yield other environmental benefits. Besides making ethanol more energy-efficient to produce, biotechnology enables farmers to adopt environmentally friendly growing techniques known as conservation tillage. The environmental benefits of "green" ethanol may be further enhanced if biotechnology research is successful in a promising new area: unlocking the energy potential that's contained not just in the corn kernel but in all types of organic material, from plant waste to lawn clippings to leaves. For more information please click "here.":[ http://www.whybiotech.com/index.asp?id=5174]

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