The Carbon Gold Rush
· 27 min · S15 E1
Episode The Carbon Gold Rush
As his American company Summit Carbon Solutions struggles with backlash to a carbon capture pipeline linking corn ethanol plants across the Midwest, Bruce Rastetter is not slowing down. Instead, he’s celebrating some big wins for his Brazilian company, FS Fueling Sustainability, from new ethanol-friendly climate policy to government funding for their carbon capture project. Pushkin+ subscribers can hear episodes early and ad-free. Find Pushkin+ on the Drilled show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus. Additional resources:
The link between corn ethanol and deforestation
Peer-reviewed research on the climate problems associated with corn ethanol
An explainer on BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration)
Reading list on enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
Read more about the Summit Pipeline project
Carbon Herald on the push to connect Midwest ethanol plants to carbon capture
Brazilian government document on technical mission to US midwest
Travel schedule of Brazilian government officials while in the Midwest Read more about the explosion of corn ethanol in Brazil: https://drilled.media/news/ethanol-story1
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Links in the notes 11
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drilled/id1439735906
- https://www.pushkin.fm/join-pushkin
- https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-12/documents/environmental_challenges_associated_with_corn_ethanol_production.pdf
- https://news.wisc.edu/at-bioenergy-crossroads-should-corn-ethanol-be-left-in-the-rearview-mirror/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/enhanced-oil-recovery
- https://drilled.media/news/summit-carbon-pipeline
- https://carbonherald.com/from-corn-to-co2-how-the-midwest-is-powering-the-carbon-capture-drive/#:~:text=Summit%20Carbon%20Solutions%20is%20now,ethanol%20plants%20to%20underground%20storage
- https://atosoficiais.com.br/anp/decisao-de-diretoria-n-488-2025-afastamento-do-pais-visita-tecnica-a-beccs-dakota-do-norte-usa?origin=instituicao&q=Disney++us&utm_source=chatgpt.com
- https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28076897-travel-schedule-beccs-gevo-technical-visit/
- https://drilled.media/news/ethanol-story1
- https://omnystudio.com/listener
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