Ethanol Reconsidered

Study: Ethanol May Add to Global Warming

The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.

"Using good cropland to expand biofuels will probably exacerbate global warming," concludes the study published in Science magazine