Ethanol provides three times more energy than required to produce it, while consuming less water than other fuels.

Ohio corn is used for feed, fuel, and other renewable products.

Bt corn, used to control insects that damage corn, reduced the need for herbicides. Herbicide-tolerant corn allows less tilling of the soil, resulting in a 58% reduction in soil loss from 1980–2015.

The use of fuels containing ethanol blends reduce toxic tailpipe emissions by up to 50%.