Any policy on blending ethanol with petrol has to keep in mind the costs involved in ethanol production - excessive use of scarce water to grow sugarcane and the effluents discharged in the process.
Rakesh BhartiaRakesh Bhartia
CEO, India Glycols
Apart from reducing feedstock for the chemicals industry, there are environment costs of the bio-fuel policy that are quite significant
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/spiked-petrol-good-idea
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sugarcane
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-monoxide
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mtbe
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
