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America's First Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

Posted by kdawson on from the sounds-corny-but-isn't dept.

hankmt writes "The state of Georgia just granted Range Fuels a permit to create the first cellulosic ethanol plant in America. Cellulosic ethanol produces ethanol from cellulose, which all plants have, instead of from sugar, which is only abundant in food crops. Corn ethanol only produces 1.3 units of energy for every unit of energy that goes into growing the crop and converting the sugar to ethanol. Cellulosic ethanol can produce as much as 16 units of energy for every one unit of energy put into the process. The new plant will be online in 2008 and aims to produce 100 million gallons of ethanol a year."

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  1. Re:Where do these numbers keep coming from? by ScrewMaster · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    {sigh} you really must be new here. There's no need to be snide over a typo, and other than your pointless grammar-Nazism, you offered nothing of substance in your reply.

    Your inappropriateness aside, are you actually claiming that the Federal Government does not subsidize the conversion of corn into motor fuel? Huh. That's a remarkable degree of ignorance, given the nearly forty billion dollars that Congress has given in such subsidies in the past decade. Your taxpayer dollars at work. In any event, just so you won't think that I'm making this up, there are some who would disagree with you on this subject.

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    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  2. Re:Don't listen to the voices in your head... by gregorio · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's one thing to think the environmentalists are wrong, but to attribute ulterior, nefarious motives to their actions is borderline insane. Please re-read what you posted, and if you still think it's rational, see a professional.
    I was talking about SOME environmentalists. Re-read my message. And next time be more polite.

    The same thing goes to people who think that Bush is *trying* to destroy America (or the rest of the World), to people who think ExxonMobil is *trying* to destroy the environment, etc. They may be *doing* these things, but those are side-effects and are not their primary motivation.
    Except that some enviro-nuts are actually motivated to destroy oil companies. They're watermellon militants and they don't give a crap about the environmental issue.

    Might there be a very small percentage of environmentalists who want "revenge" on big oil companies? I suppose anything is possible
    Then you answered my message, in a very non-polite way, just because you're not able to read properly. Congratulations.