date:May 16, 2012
n the relationship of energy prices and the price of corn. For the study released today, both economists used the same methods that they employed for a peer-reviewed paper published in 2009 in the journal, Energy Policy.
The updated study also showed that from January 2000 to December 2011, the growth of ethanol production saved consumers an average 29 a gallon on auto fuel, a 17% cut in what gasoline prices would have been without the added ethanol.
In 2011, the savings of more than $1 per ga