[Gasification] Corporate Media Ethanol Reporting

[Jeff Davis]

Dear List,

Which gets better yield per ton of biomass; cellulose-to-ethanol or
gasification-to-methanol?

Jeff




> To the List,
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> http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/14602480.htm
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> This story is typical of the mass corporate media reporting on 'ethanol'.
> Knight
> Ridder is responsible for this one.
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> Anyone care to comment on the following quote from the article?
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> "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

How about if we CUT our consumption! [OUCH] :(


> 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."
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Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA