Ethanol Will Worsen Dead Zone In Gulf Of Mexico


	Ethanol Will Worsen Dead Zone In Gulf Of Mexico

JICWyllie

3-14-2008 11:28 AM

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The U.S. government's rush to produce corn-based ethanol as a fuel alternative will worsen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico, increasing a "Dead Zone" that kills fish and aquatic life, according to University of British Columbia researcher Simon Donner.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/US_Rush_To_Produce_Corn_Based_Ethanol_Will_Worsen_Dead_Zone_In_Gulf_Of_Mexico_999.html">Each summer, the export of nitrogen creates a large "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, a region of oxygen-deprived waters that are unable to support aquatic life. In recent years, it has reached over 20,000 km2 in size, which is equivalent to the area of New Jersey.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/US_Rush_To_Produce_Corn_Based_Ethanol_Will_Worsen_Dead_Zone_In_Gulf_Of_Mexico_999.html">"The U.S. energy policy will make it virtually impossible to solve the problem of the Dead Zone."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/US_Rush_To_Produce_Corn_Based_Ethanol_Will_Worsen_Dead_Zone_In_Gulf_Of_Mexico_999.html">if the U.S. were to meet its proposed ethanol production goals, nitrogen loading by the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico would increase by 10-19 per cent.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/US_Rush_To_Produce_Corn_Based_Ethanol_Will_Worsen_Dead_Zone_In_Gulf_Of_Mexico_999.html">increasing ethanol production from U.S. croplands without endangering water quality and aquatic ecosystems will require a substantial reduction in meat consumption.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AB187EFF-36B0-4211-A355-A875220A52E9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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