The American Soybean Association provided comments Monday to the National Research Council Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production. ASA told the committee that biodiesel made from soybean oil can play a vital role in fulfilling the Renewable Fuel Standard without any adverse impacts to the food or feed markets.
Biodiesel is classified as an advanced biofuel and the EPA has determined that emissions reductions from biodiesel could range as high as 85%. ASA President Rob Joslin told the panel that to their knowledge, each and every analysis that exists shows that biodiesel results in significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum diesel, with significant energy gain.
"ASA appreciates the opportunity to provide input," Joslin said. "We hope the information and perspective provided by ASA will be of value to the committee and be reflected in the results of their study."
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