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Ethanol extends fuel supplies
America ’s appetite for fuel continues to grow. And emerging nations such as China and India are putting greater pressure on supplies of gasoline and petroleum.

Ethanol helps increase the total volume of available transportation fuel in the United States. A greater supply of fuel also helps moderate prices.

In fact, from 1996 to 2006, gasoline demand increased by 20 billion gallons. Ethanol production rose 4 billion gallons during that same time—meaning the increase in ethanol production met 20% of the increase in gasoline demand over those ten years. Since 2000, ethanol production has met 30% of the increase in gasoline demand. Just imagine how high gas prices would be without ethanol!