The company, McCormick Distilling of Weston, Mo., north of Kansas City, provided nearly five million gallons of disguised grain alcohol to a freight forwarder operated by the Russian immigrant, the papers said.
A8 Religion Journal A13 NEW YORK/REGION B1-6 U.Saysays Mobs Smuggle Fake Vodka to Europe A federal inquiry into organized crime in the ports of Newark and Elizabeth, N.J., found a loose-knit web of companies smuggling millions of gallons of American-made grain alcohol to Eastern Europe that, with some tinkering, was peddled on the black market as vodka.
But lawmakers also said that no more than 15 billion gallons of ethanol from grain could be used.
The 13 billion gallons or so of grain-based capacity already built or under construction was grandfathered in.
- 1,100 gallons of water - 45 lbs of grain - 30 square feet of forestry - 20 lbs of CO2 - 1 animal's life.
But the proposed mandate, known as a renewable fuel standard, also calls for 15 billion gallons of ethanol made from grains, primarily corn.
In the United States, one third of CO2 emissions are from transportation despite the blending of 14 billion gallons of ethanol originating from grains (e.g. corn) (http://www.ethanolrfa.org accessed Feb. 2013).
Approximately, 400 2500 gallons of water, 1 gallon of gasoline equivalent energy, and 12 pounds of grain are required to produce 1 pound of beef, according to the recent estimate by the EarthSave International group (http://www.earthsave.org/environment.htm).htm
In 2005 the ethanol industry used 1.5 billion bushels of grain to make 4 billion gallons of ethanol, more than double the output of 2001.
Argentines were shocked to see up to 880,000 gallons of spoiled milk being drained from milk tankers and horrified by the sight of grain being burned alongside the motorways.
