America Was Wrong About Ethanol - Study Shows

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as an accessible summary of evidence that corn ethanol is no better than gasoline for emissions.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Engineering Explained

Topic

corn ethanol emissions

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Supports your point with numbers: [VIDEO] tl;dr: Corn-based ethanol is at best as bad a carbon emitter as gasoline, and it's most likely worse.

• This paper shows how much more efficient switchgrass is at producing ethanol than corn. This video is an interesting look at this whole issue:(Engineering Explained - America Was Wrong About Ethanol) [VIDEO] Especially his summary, where corn creates 20 percent less GHG than gasoline and …

• This video is an interesting look at this whole issue:(Engineering Explained - America Was Wrong About Ethanol) [VIDEO] Especially his summary, where corn creates 20 percent less GHG than gasoline and ''breaks even'' after 28 years, while switchgrass creates 94% less GHG and breaks even …