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THE FACTS ABOUT ETHANOL

Every day, homegrown ethanol is helping America become more energy independent. Used as a supplement in gasoline, American ethanol offsets 42 million gallons of foreign oil a day, helping reduce prices at the pump. Higher

blends of ethanol are used by millions of vehicles already on the road, and that number is growing. Renewable American ethanol is paving the way to a cleaner,

better future. Learn more at GrowthEnergy.org.

Contents2Ethanol: America’s Energy

3 Fueling the United States

4A Pathway: The Renewable Fuel

Standard 5 Cellulosic Ethanol: The 50-

State Solution 6 A Good Investment

for America

7 Future Ethanol Production

8 Historical Average: U.S. Corn Yields

9 Where Does America’s Corn Go?

10 Your Dollar at the Grocery Store

11Gasoline, not Food Prices on the Rise

12 Livestock & Poultry Producers are Better Off

13 Farmers are Better Off

14 Ethanol: Fuel and Food

15 Environmental Advancements

16 Small Impact: Ethanol’s Slice of the Corn Supply

17 USDA Conservation Expenditures

18 Ethanol’s Energy Balance

19 Lap After Lap on American Ethanol

20 What Do You Think is Causing High Gas Prices?

21 Hidden Costs of Oil

22 The World According to Oil

23 The World According to Farming

24 Poised to Grow

25 Ethanol Cleans Our Environment While Oil Pollutes It

Source information and methodologycan be found at GrowthEnergy.org/flipbook.

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Ethanol: America’s EnergyCleaner, Greener and Homegrown

Ethanol is America’s renewable fuel — reliable, clean, homegrown, affordable and available. Using ethanol as a supplement in gasoline reduces greenhouse gas emissions, decreases our dependence on foreign oil, creates American jobs and revitalizes our rural communities.

Renewable biofuels like ethanol are paving the way towards U.S. energy independence. Currently, ethanol displaces 42 million gallons of imported oil per day.

In 2013, ethanol saved American consumers more than $100 billion. Imagine how much more we can save with higher blends like E15, while sending less money overseas and keeping more investment at home.

New innovations are constantly improving ethanol production, making it more energy and resource efficient, and allowing the fuel to be produced from almost anything, from corn cobs to plant materials to waste, meaning ethanol will never run out.

With rapidly growing energy demands, our nation must invest in homegrown biofuels that are cleaner, cheaper and offer a more reliable supply than fossil fuels. Imagine all the good we can do for our economy, our environment and our future by increasing the blend of ethanol in our fuel supply.

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SOURCE: EIA, adjusted to reflect gasoline yields.

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Fueling the United StatesU.S. Ethanol and Crude Oil Imports

APathway:The Renewable Fuel StandardHow America is Fueling Its Future

SOURCE: EPA

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1 METRIC TON 1.1 TONS; SOURCE: NREL

Cellulosic Ethanol: The 50-State SolutionA Variety of Renewable Biomass Can be Converted to Ethanol

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A Good Investment for AmericaEthanol is a Win-Win for Everyone

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Ethanol Industry to the Economy of the United States 2014; CBO; Farm Commodity programs cost $16.9 billion in 2006 and $4.9 billion in 2012. EIA; Louisiana State University, The Impact of Ethanol Production on the U.S. Gasoline Market 2012, Industry Analysis

Future Ethanol ProductionPotential Growth

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SOURCE: ERS/USDA

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Historical AveragesAs Technology Evolves, Corn Yields Continue to Rise

Where Does America’s Corn Go?We’ve Got Plenty to Go Around

SOURCE: ERS/USDA Feed Grains Database

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Your Dollar at the Grocery StoreFood Price Increase: What’s the Real Story?

SOURCES: ERS/USDA, Industry Analysis, EIA and Nebraska Corn Board

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Gasoline, not Food Prices on the RiseConsumer Price Index

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Livestock & Poultry Producers are Better OffMargin Over Feed Costs are Up

SOURCE: USDA

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Farmers are Better OffNet Farm Income is Up

SOURCE: USDA

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Ethanol: Fuel and FoodFeed, Fuel and More from Ethanol Production

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Environmental AdvancementsInnovation Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions

SOURCE: Argonne National Laboratory (Note: these current percentages do not include land use change)

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Small ImpactU.S. Ethanol’s Slice of the Domestic Corn Supply

Only 17.5 percent of net corn acres are used for renewable fuelsBiofuel production only removes the starch from the corn. The protein, fiber and oil are returned to the animal feed supply in the biofuel feed co-product known as Distiller’s Grains (DDGs). Distiller’s Grains amount to one- third of the corn used in ethanol production. Distiller’s Grains also replace soybean meal in feed rations, meaning there is less demand for soybeans, requiring fewer acres planted to soybeans.

2010-11 Crop Year Corn Acreage >>• Actual “net acres” used for ethanol are less than 50

percent of gross acres.• Only the starch is used for ethanol.• DDGs displace corn and soybean meal.• Corn yields are three times soybean yields.SOURCE: Richard Nelson, Ph.D., Kansas State University

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Carryout

Exports

U.S. Feed (with DDGs)

Food & Industrial

Net Corn Ethanol

USDA Conservation ExpendituresFarmers Continue to Expand Conservation Efforts

SOURCES: ERS analysis of USDA Office of Budget and Policy Analysis (OBPA) data

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Ethanol’s Energy BalanceNet Energy Production Increases

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SOURCES: USDA; Mueller and Kwik, 2012 Corn Ethanol: Emerging Plant Energy and Emerging Technologies, University of Illinois

Lap After Lap on American EthanolAmerica’s Renewable Fuel is Revolutionizing a Sport

241 LAPS

SIX MILLION MILES EQUATES TO

AROUND THE EARTH

NASCAR® is approaching six million competition miles on Sunoco Green E15™, a biofuel blended with 15% American Ethanol made from American-grown corn that reduces emissions.

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What Do You Think is Causing High Gas Prices?Gas Prices Tied to Crude Oil, not Ethanol or Renewable Identification Numbers

SOURCE: OPIS

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Hidden Costs of OilWhat Are You Really Paying For at the Pump?

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$353b

SOURCES: Center for American Progress, National Resources Defense Council, Office of Management and Budget, Im- ported Oil and U.S. National Security, Rand Corporation 2009 Energy Information Administration. Based on 2013 U.S. consumption levels of 3.6 billion barrels of imported oil and the EIA’s 2012 average price of imported oil per barrel of $98.12

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The World According to Oil

SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013

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The World According to Farming

SOURCE: USDA

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Poised to GrowMoving Beyond the Blend Wall

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Ethanol Cleans Our Environment While Oil Pollutes ItSince the Enactment of the RFS, Ethanol is Cleaning our Air, While Oil Spills Continue to Pollute our Land and Water

SOURCE: US Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Analysis (CG-INV), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. *Deep Water Horizon Spill of more than 206 million gallons is not included on this chart

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