The U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) Taiwan office and the Environment and Development Foundation, a not-for-profit environmental organization, conducted a low carbon gasoline experts conference last week to promote the benefits of fuel ethanol and provide feasible solutions to improve the net-zero emission pathway in Taiwan’s transportation sector. Michael Lu (top left), USGC director in Taiwan, spoke with attendees about the United States’ experience with fuel ethanol, noting that the U.S. reduced transportation sector carbon emissions by 550 million tons from 2005 to 2019 through domestic blending of corn-based ethanol, the equivalent of removing over 118 million gasoline-powered vehicles from the road. A total of three conferences will take place ahead of the National Council for Sustainable Development’s discussions on Taiwan’s pathway to reach its net-zero emission target by 2050. The conference series aims to further encourage the inclusion of fuel ethanol in the Climate Change Response Act before the autumn legislative session.
