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Ethanol From Waste Straw
phcrack writes "The CBC is reporting that 'Iogen Corporation of Ottawa has developed enzymes to break down waste straw and wood chips into ethanol on a commercial scale.' Apparently traditional ethanol from food crops like corn used at least as much energy to create as they released when burned. It's nice to see that big oil companies are helping fund a project like this too. It's very rare today to hear of a major company throwing money at a research project since the '80s."
I better buy those landscaping woodchips before the price skyrockets.
At least it's good to see some sort of innovation coming out of Canada...
The research involves alcohol, you shouldn't be too suprised.
Trolling is a art,
Not just alcohol! Alcohol by the gallon! What's more Canadian than that?
...than the big wood chips and big straw companies. You won't be laughing once some Saudi prince has control of the global straw markets.
Around here "gasohol" is a 10% ethanol, 90% gasoline mixture.
Well buddy, around here, "alchohol" is a 100% ethanol, 0% other useless crap mixture.
Cheers!
I hear there's rumors on the Slashdots
Silly people with your namby-pamby ideas of a brighter future through green, efficient energy.
Oh, wait...
Any generalization is a stupid one.
In Soviet Russia we are making ethanol (C2H5OH) even from rotten potatos. By the way, why are you trying to burn it?
Regards, Sir Raorn.
Ok, alcohol by the 3.79 Litre full!
I seem to continually produce this, especially at night. Might have a whiff of sulfur in it occassionally.
Airplane glue has acetone, not alcohol! Stay on topic.
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
Ultimately, the brick companies will come out on top of both straw and wood concerns.
It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
What's more Canadian than that? Hockey night in Canada over a 24 pack of Molson XXX's, intoxicated snomobiling with the Bare Naked Ladies on headphones tucked under your took, and an all expenses paid trip to the emergency room.
The world will not get better through technology. We must seek to be better people.
It's very rare today to hear of a major company throwing money at a research project since the '80s.
It's rare to HEAR about it. It's not rare for it to happen.
Most media outlets aren't willing to say anything positive about capitalism, it undermines their agenda.
NOMAAAAAAH!
Erm... waitaminnit.
In other news, scientists at some college have discovered that eating tacos before sleep will cause the individual to create methane gas the next day.
"With this discovery, the United States may finally have a reliable alternative to fossil fuels," the scientist claimed. "The only problem we now face is creating a process to collect the gas and the possibility of mud butt."
I work at a large Lockheed plant, and we actually are building this bomb... out of ethanol. It really is more friendly to the environment.
But, if you're releasing oxygen, why would you hold your breath?
Here, let me help; -1 Offtopic
This has been a test. If this had been an actual Sig, you would have been amused.
Now bow down and and shien my boots hoser.
And have a nice day eh.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."