• Imeko ye-ethanol yamafutha iphinde yaqinisekiswa e-US

Imeko ye-ethanol yamafutha iphinde yaqinisekiswa e-US

I-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yase-US (i-EPA) isanda kwazisa ukuba ayiyi kurhoxisa ukongezwa okunyanzelekileyo kwe-ethanol kumgangatho we-US Amandla aVuselelwayo (RFS).I-EPA yathi isigqibo, esenziwe emva kokufumana izimvo ezivela ngaphezu kwe-2,400 abachaphazelekayo abahlukeneyo, bacebise ukuba ukutshitshiswa kwe-ethanol efunekayo kumgangatho unokunciphisa amaxabiso ombona malunga ne-1 ekhulwini kuphela.Nangona ilungiselelo liye laphikisana eUnited States, isigqibo se-EPA sithetha ukuba imeko yokongezwa okunyanzelekileyo kwe-ethanol kwipetroli iqinisekisiwe.

Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, iirhuluneli ezisithoba, iisenenja ezingama-26, amalungu angama-150 eNdlu yabaMeli base-US, kunye nabavelisi abaninzi bemfuyo kunye neenkukhu, kunye namafama ondla umbona, bacele i-EPA ukuba ilahle ukongezwa okunyanzelekileyo kwe-ethanol echazwe kumgangatho we-RFS. .imigaqo.Oku kubandakanya ukongezwa kwe-13.2 yeebhiliyoni zeelitha ze-ethanol yombona.

Bagxeka ukunyuka kwamaxabiso ombona ngenxa yokuba i-45 ekhulwini ye-corn yase-US isetyenziselwa ukuvelisa i-ethanol yamafutha, kwaye ngenxa yembalela enzima yase-US ehlotyeni, imveliso yombona kulindeleke ukuba iwele ngeepesenti ezili-13 ukusuka kunyaka ophelileyo ukuya kwi-17-year low. .Kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, amaxabiso ombona aphantse aphinda kabini, nto leyo ebeka aba bantu phantsi koxinzelelo lweendleko.Ngoko balatha kumgangatho we-RFS, besithi imveliso ye-ethanol idla umbona omninzi, nto leyo eyandisa isoyikiso sembalela.

Imigangatho ye-RFS yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yesicwangciso sesizwe sase-US sokukhuthaza uphuhliso lwe-biofuel.Ngokwemigangatho ye-RFS, ngo-2022, imveliso ye-ethanol ye-cellulosic yase-US iya kufikelela kwi-16 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni, imveliso ye-ethanol yombona iya kufikelela kwi-15 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni, imveliso ye-biodiesel iya kufikelela kwi-1 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni, kwaye imveliso ye-biofuel ephezulu iya kufikelela kwi-4 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni.

Umgangatho ugxekwe, ukusuka kwiinkampani zeoyile kunye negesi yendabuko, malunga nokukhuphisana kwemithombo yengqolowa, malunga neethagethi zedatha ezibandakanyekayo kumgangatho, njalo njalo.

Eli lixesha lesibini i-EPA icelwa ukuba itshitshise izibonelelo ezinxulumene ne-RFS.Kwangoko ngo-2008, iTexas yenza isindululo kwi-EPA ukuba ichithe imigangatho enxulumene ne-RFS, kodwa i-EPA ayizange iyamkele.Ngendlela efanayo, i-EPA yamemezela ngoNovemba 16 kulo nyaka ukuba ayiyi kugatya imfuneko yokongeza i-13.2 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni zombona njenge-ethanol yokutya.

I-EPA yathi phantsi komthetho, kufuneka kubekho ubungqina "bomonakalo omkhulu wezoqoqosho" ukuba imimiselo echaphazelekayo iya kuchithwa, kodwa kwimeko yangoku, inyaniso ayifiki kweli nqanaba.“Siyaqonda ukuba imbalela yalo nyaka ibangele ubunzima kwamanye amashishini, ingakumbi imveliso yemfuyo, kodwa uhlalutyo lwethu olubanzi lubonisa ukuba iimfuno zeCongressional zokurhoxiswa azikafezeki,” utshilo uMncedisi woLawulo kwiOfisi yeEPA uGina McCarthy.Iimfuno zamalungiselelo afanelekileyo, nokuba izibonelelo ezifanelekileyo ze-RFS zitshitshisiwe, ziya kuba nempembelelo encinci. "

Sakuba sibhengezwe isigqibo se-EPA, yaxhaswa ngokukhawuleza ngamaqela afanelekileyo kolu shishino.U-Brooke Coleman, umlawuli olawulayo we-Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC), uthe: "Ishishini le-ethanol liyayixabisa indlela ye-EPA, kuba ukutshitshisa i-RFS kuya kwenza okuncinci ukunciphisa amaxabiso okutya, kodwa kuya kuchaphazela utyalo-mali kumafutha aphucukileyo.I-RFS yenzelwe kakuhle kwaye Esona sizathu siphambili sokuphuhliswa kwe-biofuels eziphambili e-United States yinkokeli yehlabathi.Abavelisi be-ethanol baseMelika baya kwenza konke okusemandleni ukunika abathengi izinto eziluhlaza nezingabizi kakhulu.

Kumndilili waseMelika, isigqibo se-EPA samva nje sinokubongela imali njengoko ukongeza i-ethanol kunceda amaxabiso epetroli asezantsi.Ngokophononongo lukaMeyi olwenziwa ngoosoqoqosho kwiiYunivesithi zaseWisconsin nase-Iowa State, ukongezwa kwe-ethanol kwehlise amaxabiso epetroli ehoseyile nge-$1.09 ngegaloni nganye ngo-2011, ngaloo ndlela yehlisa inkcitho yomndilili waseMelika kwipetroli nge-$1,200.(Umthombo: Iindaba zaseTshayina zoShishino lweMichiza)


Ixesha lokuposa: Apr-14-2022