Research and Resources Fact Sheet

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ETHANOL AND GAS PRICES

• “The impact of Ethanol Production on U.S. and Regional Gasoline Prices and on the Profitability of the U.S. Oil Refinery Industry,” Xiaodong Du and Dermot Hayes, April 2008, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. www.card.iastate.edu
• “As Biofuels Catch On, Next Task is to Deal with Environmental, Economic Impact,” March 24, 2008, Wall Street Journal, quote from Merrill Lynch commodity strategist Francisco Blanch.
• “Impact of Ethanol on World Oil Demand and Prices,” John Urbanchuk, May 22, 2008, LECG, LLC. www.ethanol.org/pdf/contentmgmt/lecgworldoilpriceimpactupdate.pdf

FOOD AND FUEL

• “Food and Fuel Media Briefing,” May 19, 2008, USDA. More Information
• Comments by Ed Lazier, chairman of the president’s council of economic advisers, May 1, 2008. www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080501-23.html
• “The Effect of Ethanol Production on the U.S. National Corn Price,” T. Randall Fortenberg and Hwanil Park, April 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. www.aae.wisc.edu/pubs/sps/pdf/stpap523.pdf
• “The Effects of Ethanol on Texas Food and Feed,” David P. Anderson et al., April 10, 2008, Agricultural and Food Policy Center Texas A&M University. www.afpc.tamu.edu/pubs/2/515/RR-08-01.pdf
• “Analysis of Potential Causes of Consumer Food Price Inflation,” 2007, Informa Economics. www.informaecon.com/Consumer_Price_Inflation_Study.htm
• “The Impact of Ethanol Production on Food, Feed and Fuel,” Ethanol Across America, September 2008.

ECONOMIC IMPACT

• “The Impact of Ethanol Production on U.S. and Regional Gasoline Prices and on the Profitability of the U.S. Oil Refinery Industry.” Du, X. and Hayes, D.J. 2008, Iowa State University, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Working Paper 08-WP 467. www.card.iastate.edu/publications/DBS/PDFFiles/08wp467.pdf
• “Contribution of the Ethanol Industry to the Economy of the U.S. – 2007,” John Urbanchuk, 2008, LECG, LLC. www.ethanolrfa.org/objects/documents/1537/2007_ethanol_economic_contribution.pdf

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

• “Analysis of the Efficiency of the U.S. Ethanol Industry 2007,” Wu, M., 2008, Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Transportation Research. www.ethanolrfa.org/objects/documents/1652/2007_analysis_of_the_efficiency_of_the_us_ethanol_industry.pdf
• “EPA Fuel Life Cycle GHG Estimates Update,” Presentation by Vince Camboreco, EPA, Second Global Bioenergy Partnership Meeting on Greenhouse Gas Methodologies, Washington, DC, March 7, 2008.
• Letter to Science by Michael Wang of the Argonne National Laboratory’s Center for Transportation Research and Zia Haq of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Biomass Program, February 14, 2008. www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/letter_to_science_anldoe_03_14_08.pdf
• “Response to Science Papers by Fargione, et al., and Searchinger, et al.,” by Dr. Bruce Dale, Michigan State University, March 2008. www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/letter_to_science_anldoe_03_14_08.pdf