Business Matters | Ethanol blended with petrol | Will India benefit from it?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India has achieved its target of blending 10% sugarcane-extracted ethanol in petrol, ahead of schedule.
Blending ethanol with petrol to burn less fossil fuel while running vehicles is called ethanol blending. Ethanol is an agricultural by-product which is mainly obtained from the processing of sugar from sugarcane, but also from other sources such as rice husk or maize. Currently, 10% of the petrol that powers your vehicle is ethanol.
With an aim to augment ethanol supplies, the government has allowed procurement of ethanol produced from other sources besides molasses (which is 1G), such as rice straw, wheat straw, corn cobs, corn stover, bagasse, bamboo and woody biomass - or 2G.
Can your vehicle take 2G as fuel? What is the impact on the environment? Why is this important for India? We answer this and much more.
Script and presentation: K. Bharat Kumar
Videography: Johan Sathyadas
Production: Shibu Narayan
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[@sen-ow7ub]

The content mentioned in this video is very constructive. At the same time, politicians and countries of the world should pay close attention to the fact that large amounts of water are being wasted for ethanol production. Especially since India needs nearly 3000 liters of water to produce one liter of ethanol, how to manage it will be the biggest challenge in the future.

[@zion3335]

get ready for doubling or tripling the price of sugar....Indonesia tried this biofuel stunt with their palm oil, see now, they had to put bans on palm oil export as domestic customers who use palm oil for cooking found price doubling, using food crops for fuel is a terrible idea.

[@prathap2712]

Isn’t ethanol a byproduct? Is water being used just to produce ethanol?

[@zion3335]

@@prathap2712 No ethanol is not a byproduct, sugars in corn and sugarcane are fermented to produce alcohol called ethanol. So ethanol is the product, instead of carbohydrates, we are getting ethyl alcohol.

[@homijbhabha8860]

Most of that water is recycled so your estimate is wrong it's more like 40L for a single L.

[@gamingdude87]

@@zion3335 do you know the name of this process of production of 2g ethanol

[@dorjay7858]

This is such a great initiative from the Hindu team. Thank you for making such informative videos.

[@kuttys3813]

Clear cut explanation..no unnecessary antics like the limelight hungry young anchors...loved the straight forward presentation..very different from the usually seen style...keep it up sir. You are realky doing well

[@homefrontsai]

This shows govt has made some good strategies, planning and vision for the nation.

[@aryanyadav3690]

PM Modiji already told this in his Germany conference video, that in petrol we use 10% Ethanol which saves our money 👍

[@SM-ih3go]

Paise to 100% petrol ka leta hai!

[@samratdas386]

​@@SM-ih3go that's how money is saved.

[@ganeshshelke2465]

Calorific value of the ethanol is 29780KJ/Kg and of petrol is 45000KJ/Kg, means we gets much less energy from added ethanol and that's why we get less mileage.

[@kushalvora7682]

Ethanol does improve the engine efficiency. But i agree, 2g ethanol isn't the best way to decarbonise and/or gain energy independence. Indias best bet imo is seaweed or algae biofuels.

[@commieTerminator]

​@@kushalvora7682 how about 3G biofuels blended with 2G ethanol? Utilizing crop waste isn't gonna harm us

[@harshaljadhav4593]

@@kushalvora7682 this idea from s2t

[@manishgoyal7677]

@@kushalvora7682 we will really have to mix multiple form of Bio-fuel to achieve the target of Carbon neutrality. It will definitely test the management skills of Indian politicians.

[@utube460]

excellent information ! 👌👌

[@rashidasham]

Thanks for making this video, can it be dubbed in few other regional languages so it can reach the masses and they also benefit from this very informative indepth video. English is still an elite language for majority of Indians. One cannot buy many newspaper but such video can be watched as and whenever the time permits.

[@vivekbharti9482]

इस्लाम से दूर रहे ये एक ऐसा जो सिर्फ नफरत फैलता है और इसको शुरु करने महोमामद एक बलात्कारी था। उसने बहुत सी घरों को बर्बाद कर दिया था सिर्फ इस्लाम को फैलाने के लिए । कृप्या कर के ex muslim को प्रेरित करे और हर मुस्लिम तक उनकी आवाज पहुचाई। धन्यवाद

[@shivajitappeta4683]

Excellent sir

[@owaisamin2836]

Atleast a step to save the environment and trying to fullfill the Glasgow promises 👌♥️

[@tanweeralam1650]

By wasting more water?? Drinking water problem is a major problem in India and will become more serious in future

[@owaisamin2836]

@@tanweeralam1650 but we have taken initiatives in the future to solve this water problem...

[@tanweeralam1650]

@@owaisamin2836 like?? Ground water is reducing...are you aware about it or not?

[@owaisamin2836]

@@tanweeralam1650 i am, but many efforts like afforestation, rainwater harvesting and use of the polluted water for many other purposes can serve at the best way ♥️

[@raviroshan9330]

I think Maize production will increase cause here in Bihar farmers are gradually leaning towards maize production rather than wheat production.Farmers who already opted out for maize over wheat saw the benefits of maize production and they will also increase their crop.Besides maize is such a crop which can be grown on rather unfertile soil and with adventment in electricity production farmers have regular supply of water which is great for increasing the production of maize

[@nishant4262]

Can processed maize from ethanol be sold for feed?

[@dhanushgowda4061]

Wheat will have more importance too nothing will go to waste if we manage markets In MP garlic is 1Rs 😂 Bangalore 100Rs 😲😞 farmer's looted we need farm laws except in Punjab haryana

[@raviroshan9330]

@@dhanushgowda4061 with private companies investing in storage places we will have that problem soon sorted out.we need private player like jio to revolutionize this industry as they did in Telecom sector.Just consider this with petrol and Diesel we could live but those that have these are living lavished lifestyle whereas our farmers without whom civilization will halt to end are doing suicide.The main problem are those middleman who are like viruses,I am not even saying them insect as even they are useful but these,we need to get rid of them as soon as possible.You know in Netherland there is this system where people directly buy from Farmers.I am not sure about country but it's Nordic country I am sure of that

[@zion3335]

@@raviroshan9330 that requires road and infrastructure, which govt has not built, we need many times road and rail infrastructure to improve farmer condition.

[@zion3335]

@@dhanushgowda4061 thats because indian cities are not well planned for logistics and india lacks infrastructure like road and rail..40% of all crops are wasted due to poor infrastructure

[@valerianpereira1259]

Panjab ; major hub of Wheat/ corn.. All Panajabis should set up ETHANOL plants..to meet 10% of Indian Fuel/Oil demand.. for blending . Good business.

[@ishaandhillon785]

Funds for plants? Corrupt political eats everything specially at ground level. But surely, if governments put their own means aside, ਪੰਜਾਬ has a long way to go 🙏🏼

[@Penaldogslayer]

Another enlightening presentation. Keep up the good work, sir.

[@heyshubhleo]

So comprehensive and crisp thanks sir..

[@tushar4evr776]

Refueling time also needs to be considered. Electricity is no doubt the best when it comes to alternate fuel but it takes really long to charge a vehicle. Refueling with Ethanol or even Hydrogen is quick and easy. So, I guess larger vehicles should be replaced with Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles whereas smaller vehicles should be replaced with EVs.

[@punemsujithkumar4849]

Well presented...... Presentation is really good ..,. Than many other's coming to the matter it is beneficial to India and climate rather than throwing the waste ❤👍.... Good luck bro

[@sachinswarnkar6471]

Thanks for covering indepth this topic. Please keep making such similar kinds of videos with same anchor.

[@senthilkumar2124]

Cent percent comprehensive video, sir

[@luvkansal6096]

Ethanol blending is a great plan. (Along with bio cng) As if their is farm produce surplus then it can be diverted to ethanol to support farmers and govt. In any case farm produce is decreased due to bad weather that year blending percentage can be reduced. But benefits are imense 1. Pollution reduce 2. Farmer income increase 3. Waste to wealth 4. Forex saving 5. Job creation for rurals/locals 6. Lesser impact on our economy due to international events.

[@mr.rachetphilanthrophist601]

We achieved 10% blending already, preponed incremental target of 20% blending by 5 years . NITI Ayog is not fool, there are many good scholars present over there, they must have had a plan beforehand before doing all this. So we should be optimistic, instead of relying on theoretical rant of some 'english' professor (whom you're quoting). Policy execution is way different from academia.

[@joshua_ch]

There is a lot of room for increasing sugar content of cane and even the yields of cereal crops can grow a lot in some states. While '25 timeline from NITI is tough, getting to E-20 will happen sometime this decade.

[@MrNikintel]

Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful , Thank you

[@K_Bharat_Kumar]

Thank you for watching

[@samedu5163]

Intresting topic... Presented in beautiful and engaging way... Thank you❤🌹🙏

[@tradingadda923]

Great video vinod👍

[@nikitadangi5225]

TH is known for its class of news articles... Keep it up team TH, we needs you

[@gautamkr6598]

Excellent sharing Sir 👌

[@akhileshmagal]

As someone who has been working in the clean energy policy space, this video is really brilliant and well researched . Happy to see this initiative from Hindu.

[@sardar_gurjot]

So called clean energies are neither green nor clean, they're a pipe dream.

[@K_Bharat_Kumar]

Thank you so much!

[@kalebj7001]

Well explained, concise and contextual 👍 as mentioned in the video, it's a multifaceted roadmap for Ethanol technology to achieve its prominence in a country like India. Have to see how this is progressing piecewise, especially when we have to focus on economic growth and equity distribution simultaneously.

[@PaperKraftsIN]

Simple and to the point. No fuss explanation. Thanks.

[@vijayakrishna4632]

This time u have given a very good knowledge📚

[@ganeshana8769]

Well explained...👍

[@bhushandonde3560]

Nice explain sir💐👌

[@pankajkumar-hb5qp]

Very good content.. Thank you

[@sangeet358]

Very useful insights.... Thanks for this

[@SivaSparkling199119]

THANKS for valuable information sir

[@turtlecreek6043]

What a great insights, thanks for the quality content 🙏🇮🇳

[@shahrukhali4465]

Very informative

[@monicarathore7023]

Quite insightful, well explained. Keep up the good work👍

[@dipankardas1760]

Beautiful explanation with clarity 👍👍👍

[@Shubh23v]

so useful nice series

[@dvs786687]

Very good explanation 👍🏻

[@sujesh4684]

Wonderfully explained. This is a complex topic touching hundreds of millions of people's lives. There were more questions than answers up until I watched this video.

[@K_Bharat_Kumar]

Thank you for your kind words

[@kitten8962]

Thank you sir.

[@sudhirgupta6108]

Nice...very well explained...thanks a lot sir

[@Bambon794]

I have enriched my knowledge and understanding watching this channel than any others else...i have not regretted being a subscriber!

[@siddhartharay1835]

Gst of 16% is applicable on ethanol, while high central Excise and vat on petrol... the mixed product is sold as "petrol" and charged full central Excise and vat. Why?

[@anandkumar4872]

Excellent narration sir!

[@pranav9082]

Well explained.

[@Nayan-ic3ig]

Understanding from this video, i see that the government will have to fairly incentivise the farmers for the production of crops needed for ethanol production and run pilot projects which will cost the government. I hope this cost is equalised with the cost of importing crude oil from other countries knowing that crude oil prices are getting increased year by year. And this is last video i will see on this ethanol topic because its getting too complicated for me😵

[@eswaribalan164]

A very interesting talk.

[@bondprav007]

Great initiative..keep it going..👍🏻👍🏻

[@Ppolitical24]

High quality

[@divyabisen8723]

Yes i am researcher and i am also work on this.. it is very beneficial

[@anujsaxena4484]

Clear cut explanation .. TQ sir ❤️

[@K_Bharat_Kumar]

Thank you for watching

[@Dreamflying-mx5jz]

Thank you so much for great explanations

[@Mr.Nitin1999]

What explanation you have given, I will definitely improve my English if and only if you continue this series. Thanks

[@SM-ih3go]

Why your English is dependent on him? You should improve it anyway. Read English newspaper or a book loudly for 30 mins every morning. Within a month you will see the difference.

[@ymr_46]

Many had fuel tank rusting issues in their vehicles including me. Did it due to ethanol

[@infinitebeing1119]

Are you talking about motorbikes or car?

[@ymr_46]

@@infinitebeing1119 Honda Aviator 2013 model Scooter. Due to this, the fuel leak started

[@sundaravadivelsrinivasan5791]

India's economic growth development depending on ethanol production

[@dominicdmello7531]

Doubtful if ethanol extraction from rice husk and straw will be economically viable. Most likely that commercial producers will use heavy starch and sugar based raw materials to increase their profits. Hence pushing up prices. Case in point is corn use in the US for the same, dramatically increasing the price of corn which is heavily used in Africa as food.

[@chromosome_y11]

Great initiative

[@Kathijeeva]

Thank you. i am preparing aspirants of civil service which that explanation is hopeful to develope my presentation

[@thisisvivek01]

Such detail information is really be seen any other channel.. Thank alot sir

[@jaishree6352]

Quite a crisp analysis of the present scenario & future prospects of biofules & it's sustainability to the environment.

[@swayamcurrentaffairs9601]

Thanks for this🙏🙏🙏

[@chetansood1178]

What a wholesome vid this is 👍👌

[@mansoorali6155]

Thank you for the information

[@kanhaiyakumar-lm6gn]

Suberp coverage and presentation.

[@akhileshpatel5742]

Roads without potholes/Good roads can also save fuel Government should also keep an eye on making good road and also proper drainage of rain water as well and not letting it to come on roads Another main Thing India's EACH AND EVERY FUEL PUMP SHOULD RUN WITH SOLAR SYSTEM TO PUMP FUEL AND FILL INTO VEHICLES

[@Hanuman-r6s]

As from 2023 we will ask Automobile sector to make parts where petrol touches in Automobile ethanol compliant and from 2025 we can take G2 ethonol blending into market and we will put seperate pumping stations of Ethanol 20 in Petrol bunks and it is not problem even if vehicle takes E10 petrol which is made for E 20 petrol. and we have national scrap policy which will use to change to E20 in 2- 3 years. you know howany years a people changing car or automobile in 2022 approx. it 2 to 3 years and it won't be a problem in long run.

[@pgshivshankar]

Appreciate the quantity

[@archanakr1906]

Wonderful piece! Very insightful and thorough (as expected from The Hindu)

[@venkag]

Such an excellent and well thought content. 1st action from my side is to subscribe which I did, will eventually join when it becomes paid subscription. Please don't make it too expensive and very frequent videos. Thanks for the time well spent in a problem complex to understand

[@K_Bharat_Kumar]

Thank you for your kind words

[@AMITSHARMA-gw5ih]

Nice! Actually it’s very easy to understand, better than all the editorial explained.

[@ravishsoni2467]

Pls do check in Bamboo too which is helpful for making Ethanol

[@rajuchitrada9187]

This video has tried to shake the confidence of India on its path to self sustenance. But it failed to shake!!

[@manga1682]

So, Mr. Worringham is worrying about India's ethanol road map..

[@AdityaSawdekar]

Very well researched and explained Sir. Very thankful

[@nilkanthmahajan2355]

Thank you for sharing a detailed summary and a very balance overview of the 2nd Gen Ethanol project.

[@satyabrataroul6588]

Kindly give a Hindi version of this important talk.

[@kalyanidivakar]

Mixing of ethanol influence on mileage of vehicle, anyone checked, reduction in mileage, waste of ethanol mix or reduce price of adulterated petrol.

[@Aggressor-vl5nn]

I think engine wear & tear will increase drastically reducing engine life

[@arjunprs]

As long as ethanol is produced from agricultural byproducts and not actual consumable food/sugar, this is a good idea.

[@nishant4262]

Slightly negative bias towards ethanol in this article... Corn even currently is used for only approx 10% human consumption, rest all animal feed. By ethanol process, the processed corn can still be used for animal feed. In bad monsoon years...we can simply in worse case switch to 100%petrol!

[@zion3335]

its not negative, it takes more energy and emissions to grow crops for fuel than burning fossil fuels. also it will increase price of sugar, like happened in indonesia when they tried to use palm oil as biodiesel, it saw cost of cooking double both domestically and globally. Biofuels are the leading cause of food insecurity.

[@nish0091]

@@zion3335 need of the hour is to diversify your energy needs. Some may come from biofuels some wind power some solar some nuclear etc. as a nation we should explore everything. Bye the way sugarcane is most water eating crop, because of politics in we haven’t moved out of it and what’s else can add as a value and reduce our imports cost. I am very much interested in lithium batteries how we can innovate and scale it up so that grid power fluctuations don’t happen

[@zion3335]

@@nish0091 biofuel in present form is largely made by either directly taking away food crops like corn, palm oil, wheat, sugarcane etc, or they are made from industrial corn which is used for animal feed like feeding poultry and dairy cows etc. This is usually done with govt mandate, as food will always be more expensive than fuel, but govt regulation like mandatory ethanol and taxes make the price skewed. This has globally led to food price inflation, even UN research said this, EU has also triying to reduce biodiesel, also biofuel like i said is more environmentally damaging as ethanol emits approx 2.5 times emissions of petroleum.

[@nageshhd5399]

2g ethanol may affect the fodder for the live stock in turn to the farmer's input cost for animal husbandry

[@nishant4262]

In certain maize ethanol process,...byproduct can still be used as feed

[@nageshhd5399]

@@nishant4262 of course the cost of production of ethanol is higher if we value add that by product as fodder which is lot cheaper and negligible impact on the enviornment. There are many alternatives for energy like renewable sources and nuclear.

[@zion3335]

100% correct, fodder cost will triple, maize, waste wheat etc are used for animal feed, already animal products are getting more expensive due to feed cost, this useless ethanol will do nothing for petrol prices, it will increase price of sugar, atta and rice, also milk, paneer etc...will double..dairy industry depends on cheap fodder like corn...ethanol is not only costlier than petrol, it produces more greenhouse gases like co2.

[@zion3335]

@@nageshhd5399 Byproduct of ethanol cannot be consumed by cattle, this is because all the useful energy like carbohydrates in the corn/sugarcane etc will turn to ethanol, what is left is waste product, used as fertilizer, cattle need fresh corn high in carbohydrates.

[@raviramanramanravi2595]

Lead & side effects should be discussed from fuel emissions. Ethnal everything should be discussed.

[@jonathanodude6660]

The next step should be trying to actively reduce the amount of fuel needed by transitioning industries reliant on it to battery tech.

[@srinivasvaranasi1645]

Interesting

[@ak-eb9xw]

So the final thing, inorder to reduce dependence on climate changes ,it's wise to increase solar and other renewables ...rather..than increasing crop plantations..

[@anjaneyaprasadjasti2252]

If they produce Ethanol from Farm waste without burning it is welcome and kudos to technocrats

[@indiabharat21]

Indias roadmap is pretty well planned and we'll researched.. we know the pros and cons.. please ask Mr warringham to not interfere in our matter, better he should try out this in USA..It's about protecting our forex exchange and additional income plan for our farmers..If water is concerned,we have plans for water recycling.. maybe sugar export could be reduced by some folds..but that can be compensated by reduced forex expenditure on fuel every year

[@vinodrsharma1032]

Well said. Unfortunate we have many slaves of US and China in Bharat. 😡

[@ajaybhadauria1367]

video anda sangat bagus dan mempunyai mesej yang luas terima kasih

[@sudheeraggarwal570]

There is a reason to believe that CO2 is not bad at all. Infact it's good. You can make an episode on this. Yes, your presentation is very good 😊

[@anandkhatavkar6291]

The whole concept of Metro Rail + Electricity based mass transit is actually based upon decreasing the fossil fuel consumption using Solar Electricity. But unfortunately in India we are seeing failure of Metro Rails one city after another as there has been no study to substantiate the route designs for traffic volume study for the Middle and lower middle classes. Traffics should be stopped at the outskirts of cities, city internal movement should be based upon cycles, electric rickshaws, electric buses. Floating populations of surrounding geographies are one of the largest traveling groups and they should be provided Metro pick-up + vehicle parking at appropriate distances away from cities. Also instead of ring-roads, ring-metros will be more useful. Just create proper city bypass transits.

[@K_Bharat_Kumar]

Like they say, a developed nation is not one in which the the poor drive cars but in which the rich use public transport.

[@nageshhd5399]

As suggested in the well explained video the alternative energy security avenues like renewable energy has to be considered . As ethanol production may indirectly impact environment and Mono culture crop production will impact eco system.

[@V1W100]

Renewable like Solar leads to leaching of heavy metal in underground water. There will always be cons.

[@nageshhd5399]

@@V1W100 everything has pros and cons has to weigh before adopting.

[@amodjp]

India is already in monoculture farming due to cereals, millets should improve the diversity, Ethanol production is possible with their residue

[@360degreestudy4]

Awesome but request to use also hindi pls

[@PKarri]

Thank you for the info for the ordinary person like me.

[@jayram29]

Nicely explained. I wonder why ethanol cannot be blended with diesel, most fossil fuel consumption is HSD

[@phatmeow7764]

Scania has a Compression Ignition (CI) engine designed to run on a fuel called ED95 which is 95% Ethanol and 5% Ignition additives which was later tested successfully with MD95 (95% Methanol) The domestic automakers could create a new market by locally designed and built ICE (SI and CI types) that work efficiently with Ethanol and Methanol..

[@vx3049]

Electric vehicle in India is still a distant dream. Though in metropolitan cities, there will be high sales. The demand and supply will drastically be low in most regions in term of volume. Still 20-30 years to catch up interm of household income.

[@galisrija1056]

Very nice explain Sir please Telugu is best sir.your the Hindu paper Last 25 year daily reading Sir

[@ayonbiswas4186]

Ethanol creates corrosive environment in the system. Maintenance costs will rake up.

[@phatmeow7764]

@Tha Thomasi These vehicles have engines that are "Flex Fuel" (up to 85%) or "Total Flex" (up to 100%) ready

[@solaikrishnavenivijayakuma8443]

Good