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A new study released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds greenhouse gas emissions from corn-based ethanol are about 39% lower than gasoline. The study also states that when ethanol is refined at natural gas-powered refineries, the greenhouse gas emissions are even lower—around 43% below gasoline. Lewandrowski et al.

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This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. The rest of the world posted mixed results. While Japan, Korea and the CIS countries recorded very low decreases.

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MARCH 10, 2009

Abroad, meanwhile, an ethanol production unit is under analysis for Colombia. Separately, last week, Brazil Japan Ethanol (BJE), a joint venture formed between Petrobras and Japan Alcohol Trading, inaugurated its first unit to produce E3 (a 3% ethanol-gasoline blend) in Japan. Petrobras holds 87.5% of the stakes in the refinery.

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