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POET Innovation - Greenhouse Gas

Ethanol reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Transportation fuels account for about one third of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States. Any serious attempt at limiting global emissions will have to address the problems caused by the world's reliance on petroleum as the primary source of transportation fuel.

Today, ethanol is helping to fight pollution from vehicles. There are nearly 200 million vehicles on the road in America and almost all of them are capable of using a 15 percent blend of ethanol, although current regulations limit ethanol use to 10 percent. At higher blends, we believe ethanol can reduce GHG emissions even more.

According to researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory, one gallon of ethanol reduces CO2 emissions by 6.41 pounds. Thus, the combustion of 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol - the amount annually produced by POET - is equivalent to removing approximately 950,000 vehicles from the road.