• Isimo se-ethanol yesibaseli siphinde saqinisekiswa e-US

Isimo se-ethanol yesibaseli siphinde saqinisekiswa e-US

I-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) isanda kumemezela ukuthi ngeke ikuhoxise ukufakwa okuyimpoqo kwe-ethanol ezingeni lase-US Renewable Energy (RFS).I-EPA ithe lesi sinqumo, esenziwe ngemva kokuthola ukuphawula kwabathintekayo abangaphezu kuka-2,400 abahlukahlukene, siphakamise ukuthi ukuhoxiswa kokuhlinzekwa kwe-ethanol okuyimpoqo ezingeni kunganciphisa amanani ommbila cishe ngephesenti elilodwa kuphela.Nakuba ukuhlinzekwa kube nempikiswano e-United States, isinqumo se-EPA sisho ukuthi isimo sokwengezwa okuphoqelekile kwe-ethanol kuphethiloli siqinisekisiwe.

Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ababusi abayisishiyagalolunye, izigele ezingama-26, amalungu ayi-150 eNdlu yabaMeli baseMelika, kanye nabakhiqizi abaningi bemfuyo nezinkukhu, kanye nabalimi abaphakela ummbila, bacele i-EPA ukuthi ihoxise ukwengezwa okuyimpoqo kwe-ethanol okucaciswe kuzinga le-RFS. .imigomo.Lokhu kuhilela ukungezwa kwe-ethanol yommbila engu-13.2 billion.

Basola ukwenyuka kwamanani ommbila ngenxa yokuthi amaphesenti angu-45 ommbila wase-US asetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza i-ethanol kaphethiloli, futhi ngenxa yesomiso esinzima saleli hlobo e-US, ukukhiqizwa kommbila kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle ngamaphesenti angu-13 kusukela ngonyaka odlule kuze kube ngaphansi kweminyaka engu-17. .Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, amanani ommbila acishe aphindeka kabili, okubeka laba bantu ngaphansi kwengcindezi yezindleko.Ngakho bakhomba izinga le-RFS, bethi ukukhiqizwa kwe-ethanol kudla ummbila omningi, okwenza kube kubi nakakhulu usongo lwesomiso.

Amazinga e-RFS ayingxenye ebalulekile yesu likazwelonke lase-US lokukhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kwe-biofuel.Ngokwezindinganiso ze-RFS, ngo-2022, ukukhiqizwa kwe-ethanol ye-cellulosic yase-US kuzofinyelela amalitha ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-16, ukukhiqizwa kwe-ethanol yommbila kuzofinyelela amalitha ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-15, ukukhiqizwa kwe-biodiesel kuzofinyelela amalitha ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1, futhi ukukhiqizwa kwe-biofuel okuthuthukisiwe kuzofinyelela amalitha ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4.

Izinga liye lagxekwa, kusukela ezinkampanini zendabuko zamafutha kanye negesi, mayelana nokuncintisana kwezinsiza zommbila, mayelana nemigomo yedatha ehilelekile ekulinganisweni, njalonjalo.

Sekungokwesibili i-EPA icelwa ukuthi ichithe imibandela ehlobene ne-RFS.Kusukela ngo-2008, i-Texas yenza isiphakamiso ku-EPA ukuthi ichithe amazinga ahlobene ne-RFS, kodwa i-EPA ayizange iwamukele.Ngendlela efanayo, i-EPA yamemezela ngoNovemba 16 kulo nyaka ukuthi ngeke inqabe imfuneko yokwengeza amalitha ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-13.2 ommbila njenge-feedstock ethanol.

I-EPA yathi ngaphansi komthetho, kufanele kube nobufakazi "bokulimala okukhulu kwezomnotho" uma izinhlinzeko ezifanele zizochithwa, kodwa esimweni samanje, iqiniso alifinyeleli kuleli zinga.“Siyaqaphela ukuthi isomiso salo nyaka sidale ubunzima kwezinye izimboni, ikakhulukazi ezikhiqiza imfuyo, kodwa ukuhlaziya kwethu kabanzi kukhombisa ukuthi izidingo zikaKhongolose zokuthi kuchithwe azikafinyelelwa,” kusho uMsizi oMqondisi weHhovisi le-EPA uGina McCarthy.Izidingo zezinhlinzeko ezifanele, ngisho noma izinhlinzeko ezifanele ze-RFS zichithwa, zizoba nomthelela omncane.”

Lapho isinqumo se-EPA sesimenyezelwe, yasekelwa ngamandla amaqembu afanelekile embonini.UBrooke Coleman, umqondisi omkhulu we-Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC), uthe: “Imboni ye-ethanol iyayithokozela indlela ye-EPA, ngoba ukucisha i-RFS ngeke kwenze lutho ukwehlisa amanani okudla, kodwa kuzothinta ukutshalwa kwezimali kuphethiloli oseqophelweni eliphezulu.I-RFS iklanywe kahle futhi Isizathu esiyinhloko sokuthuthukiswa kwama-biofuels athuthukile e-United States umholi womhlaba jikelele.Abakhiqizi be-ethanol baseMelika bazophuma bonke ukuze banikeze abathengi izinketho eziluhlaza futhi ezishibhile. "

Kubantu baseMelika abajwayelekile, isinqumo sakamuva se-EPA singabagcinela imali njengoba ukwengeza i-ethanol kusiza amanani entengo kaphethiloli ephansi.Ngokocwaningo lwangoMeyi olwenziwa izazi zezomnotho e-Wisconsin kanye nase-Iowa State Universities, ukwengezwa kwe-ethanol kwehlise amanani kaphethiloli we-wholesale ngo-$1.09 ilitha ngalinye ngo-2011, ngaleyo ndlela kwehlisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali komuzi waseMelika kuphethiloli ngo-$1,200.(Umthombo: China Chemical Industry News)


Isikhathi sokuthumela: Apr-14-2022