Absolute Of Gasoline: Article Analysis

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In this set of materials, the reading passage states the critics of using ethanol as a substitute of gasoline and provides three reasons of support. While in the lecture, the professor opposes the text book and says that ethanol is a good alternative for gasoline. Also, he refutes each of the author’s reasons. First of all, the reading passage claims that ethanol doesn’t solve the global warming problem, since ethanol releases carbon dioxide to the atmosphere likewise gasoline does. However, the professor contradicts this point and points out that it is true that ethanol releases CO2, where as its production from plant source counteracts the global warming. He adds that the growing of the plant absorbs carbon dioxide and removes it

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