237 - Ethanol Under Attack And Creating Strange Bedfellows

In February of 2022 a "study" caught wide media attention (as it was designed by its sponsors to specifically do). The study, commissioned by National Wildlife Fund, found that corn ethanol is worse for the environment than fuel derived from oil. Groups ranging from the fossil fuel industry to readers of Mother Jones embraced the study, flawed as it was. Turns out, the analysis of environmental impact assumed that corn production entailed bulldozing forests and breaking virgin prairie, among other carbon emitting activities that really don't resemble modern American corn production. The attacks on ethanol ramped up with media pieces such as The Atlantic blaming ethanol for global starvation. Geoff Cooper, CEO of Renewable Fuels Association joins me to discuss ethanol reality while looking at the strange bedfellows of activists against bio fuel. Sponsored by Nori nori.com and Pattern Ag pattern.ag