• DOI:10.1007/BF02229143
Corpus ID: 154994689

Ethanol fuels: Energy security, economics, and the environment

@article{Pimentel1991EthanolFE,
  title={Ethanol fuels: Energy security, economics, and the environment},
  author={D. Pimentel},
  journal={Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics},
  year={1991},
  volume={4},
  pages={1-13}
}

D. Pimentel

Published 1991

Environmental Science

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Problems of fuel ethanol production have been the subject of numerous reports, including this analysis. The conclusions are that ethanol: does not improve U.S. energy security; is uneconomical; is not a renewable energy source; and increases environmental degradation. Ethanol production is wasteful of energy resources and does not increase energy security. Considerably more energy, much of it high- grade fossil fuels, is required to produce ethanol than is available in the energy output. About… CONTINUE READING

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