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Originally Posted by JET
There are some new ways to make ethanol that are just coming around now, cellulistic ethanol seems to be the one with the most promise.
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Yes and no. The problem with cellulistic ethanol is that there has yet to be any recommendations on how much biomass can be safely removed from fields without causing detrimental effects to the soil structure and whole carbon sequestration process. Plus, the issue of harvesting biomass is still in the air. My roommates are both heavily involved with biomass harvest through their graduate research:
http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/ne...c/stover.shtml
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Originally Posted by rst95eclipse
From what I've read about Brazil, they should have claimed energy independance last year and they make their ethanol from sugarcane. Every new car that hits the road can run gasoline or ethanol. And Ford is putting most of them out.
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Correct and they're getting an incredible amount of ethanol out of their inputs compared to what we are simply because they're using sugarcane.