Freedom Fuel

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Freedom Fuel

• Making Ethanols Promise Real

Sara Hessenflow Harper
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• The Ethanol Option

• Cultivation of crops for use as fuel requires
  substantial amounts of land . . .
• Unless subsidized by government, ethanol is more
  expensive than gasoline . . .
• Producing ethanol requires the use of fossil
  fuels.

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Source Consumer Reports
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Making Ethanols Promise Real

• Understand the Industrys Perspective
• Build Substantive and Cultural Bridges
• Create an Option that Adds Value
• Find the Ways that Work Rather than Being
  Right

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2004 Presidential Election by COUNTY
My hometown Beloit, KS
Red Bush Blue Kerry
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What Resonates With Agriculture?
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Source EIA U.S. Energy Information Agency
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Projection of approximately 20 MILLION gallons of
imported oil PER DAY by 2025
By contrast, the Renewable Fuel Standard requires
only 7.5 billion gallons of ethanol to be used by
2012
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Solving Problems
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If you are not at the Table
You ARE on the Menu!
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Environmental Defense Bridging the Cultural Gap
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Environmental Defense Farmer Advisory Council
Members
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• South Carolina
• Virginia
• Ohio
• Minnesota
• Kansas
• Nebraska
• South Dakota
• North Dakota
• Idaho
• Montana

Environmental Defense Networking with Rural
America
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Relying on the Midwest
Rather than the Mid-East
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• No-Till Planting
• Using Less Energy
• Storing Carbon in Soils

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Guess Who Makes No-Till Equipment?
And Their Next Crop CARBON
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Waste-to-Wealth
www.primebiosolutions.com
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Increased Efficiency Lower GHG Emissions
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Discussion Points

• How do things like methane capture from manure
  and no-till farming lower the GHG footprint of
  ethanol?
• How do we plan to work with business and academia
  to make freedom fuel real?
• How will freedom fuel lead to a climate cap/trade
  policy?