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Well; thank you Max,
The process in called Cellular Ethanol; An it is the process of using the waste (What is now called Waste) biomass. The same size field can out produce Corn 10 to 1 and the emission is reduced by 85% compared to Ethanol from Corn is only about 25%. The Fermentation uses Gas rather than Yeast and is getting cheaper every day but is still higher cost yet than Crude but, as you say, it is competitive right now. Max; Ethanol is the Chem of the week right now but there are 4 Alcohol of high interest Methanol, Ethanol, Propanol and butanol. All capable of replacing Fossil Fuels. Butanol is closer to gasoline than Ethanol http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage |
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![]() "Thom Stewart" wrote in message ... Well; thank you Max, The process in called Cellular Ethanol; Close. It's "cellulosic ethanol." An it is the process of using the waste (What is now called Waste) biomass. The same size field can out produce Corn 10 to 1 and the emission is reduced by 85% compared to Ethanol from Corn is only about 25%. The Fermentation uses Gas rather than Yeast and is getting cheaper every day but is still higher cost yet than Crude but, as you say, it is competitive right now. Max; Ethanol is the Chem of the week right now but there are 4 Alcohol of high interest Methanol, Ethanol, Propanol and butanol. All capable of replacing Fossil Fuels. Butanol is closer to gasoline than Ethanol What's frightening is that Big Oil is investing heavily in ethanol, both in obtaining government-granted rights to grow switchgrass on gov't land, plus ethanol production facilities. Apparently they aren't going to lose their market share quietly. I suppose it can be argued that no one "does it better," but the way they've mishandled the Katrina-period pricing, I'm worried that we'll never see reasonable prices at the pump again. Max |
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