[Gasification] Corporate Media Ethanol Reporting

[Mark & Elena Gallmeier]

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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/14602480.htm

This story is typical of the mass corporate media reporting on 'ethanol'. 
Knight
Ridder is responsible for this one.

Anyone care to comment on the following quote from the article?

"Q: How much ethanol would be needed to replace gasoline?"

"A: The Energy Department estimates that Americans will consume 120.4 
billion
gallons of gasoline annually by 2025. The potential for conventional ethanol
is projected at 15 billion gallons, or 12 percent of what America would
consume. Cellulose-to-ethanol production potential is pegged at 100 billion
gallons. That gets close to projected consumption levels."