Some new techniques for producing biofuels include the production of cellulosic ethanol made from inedible and wasted parts of feedstocks, such as plant stems, leaves and stalks, wood residues such as straw, sawdust and papermill scraps and other agricultural waste. (earth911.com)
The National Research Council says that absent some major innovations, the United States will probably fail to reach its 2022 target for making advanced ethanol from cellulosic biofuels. (green.blogs.nytimes.com)
«Incentives for permanent no till and especially permission to harvest CRP biomass for cellulosic biofuel would help to blunt the climate impact of future CRP conversion,» states the study's abstract, published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (scientificamerican.com)