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ST. LOUIS, MO. “The
National Advisory Panel on Cost-
Effectiveness of Fuel Ethanol Pro
duction concluded that increased
use of ethanol can help our far
mers, reduce oil imports, cut feder
al spending and improve the envi
ronment,” said Keith Hora, presi
dent of die National Com Growers
Association (NCGA).
Hora, a com farmer from River
side, lA, noted that the seven
member panel was appointed by
Secretary of Agriculture Richard
Lyng in response to a law passed
by the U.S. Congress and signed
by the President establishing a
high-level panel of agriculture,
environmental and energy experts.
These experts were chosen to do
the following things:
♦ Review all involved in the
manufacturer of ethanol (econom
ics and cost of production) in mod
em ethanol production facilities.
♦ Assess the technologies that
enabled the rapid growth of the
ethanol industry since its inception
in 1980.
* Assess ethanol’s economic
effect on U.S. agriculture.
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* Analyze tradeoffs between
federal production and marketing
incentives for fuel ethanol and
other agricultural programs
designed to enhance farm income
and adjust agricultural production.
* Analyze the effect of
increased ethanol production on
the agricultural economy.
* Analyze fuel ethanol's effect
on agricultural prices and farm
income.
♦ Analyze the effect of
increased ethanol production on
the balance of trade, energy securi
ty and air quality in the U.S.
In a statement delivered before
the U.S. Senate regarding the Fuel
Ethanol Cost-Effectiveness Study,
Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) said,
“As a cornerstone of U.S. energy
policy, ethanol represents one of
very few commercially-proven
liquid fuels capable of replacing
vulnerable petroleum imports in
our highly oil-dependent transpor
tation sector.”
Senates’ Dole also said, “The
Advisory Panel’s report makes
clear that the most important factor
in determining the future growth
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and development of the domestic
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reliable public policy. Specifical
ly, I am talking about the federal
government’s support for the con
tinuation of current federal excise
tax incentives.”
Highlights of the report are;
* Increased use of ethanol will
improve the farm economy, lower
federal farm program costs, and
cut foreign oil imports.
* Greater use of ethanol in the
nation’s gasoline supply could cut
carbon monoxide emissions by
10-30 percent, substantially
improving air quality in cities that
exceed federal carbon monoxide
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* The cost of ethanol will prob
ably drop in the near future due to
increased production efficiency.
More industry development,
coupled with federal incentives,
will make ethanol price competi
tive with gasoline.
NCGA’s board of directors
expressed great concern last week
over the handling of the report by
USDA’s Office of Energy. While
the U.S. Congress directed the
USDA to conduct the study at the
department’s expense, a disclaim
er appears on the report stating that
the study “is not” a report of the
USDA.
NCGA’s leaders raised ques
tions why the USDA has not distri-
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butcd this report as aggressively as
a 1986 report on the same subject.
“We hope Secretary Lyng will
take appropriate action to correct
the situation,” added Hora.
A copy of the full report can be
obtained by contacting Earle E.
Gavett, Director, Office of Energy,
United States Department of Agri
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