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Those of us who knew about ethanol production with current technology knew it was going to produce server problems in the food and energy markets.

A massive expansion of land use for sugar cane growth in Brazil, and a subsequent increase in ethanol production with the feedstock could reduce global carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector by up to 86 percent of 2014 levels, according to research published in the October issue of the journal Nature Climate Change.

Not exact matches

«The uses for corn in ethanol production coupled with drought conditions throughout the Midwest growing regions have led to dramatic price increases affecting everything from prepared foods to animal feed for our dairy and meat products,» he states.

The explanation for the hefty price of free - range eggs has something to do with the dynamics of increased corn production for ethanol and the resulting decrease in production of other less expensive feed.

Chemical engineer Inés Reyero Zaragoza proposed the substitution of methanol by ethanol for the production of biodiesel and the use of a heterogeneous catalyst, which will «result in a reduction of costs and in the environmental impact associated with the production of this biofuel.»

The recent achievements of the institute, based in southern India and with half a dozen hubs across Africa, include advances in pea hybrids and commercial production of ethanol from sweet sorghum.

AE Biofuels uses an enzyme - based approach to the production of cellulosic ethanol and has designed our process to be integrated with existing corn ethanol production, in addition to building cellulose - only plants.

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted three new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications to the LCFS public comments website: one for corn ethanol (from Heartland Corn Products in Minnesota) and one ARB staff - developed pathway (with two scenarios) for the production of... Read more →

«With vehicles that span the spectrum from exotic prototypes to production - based cars and fuels that range from cellulosic E10 and E85 ethanol to clean diesel and hybrids, the Green Challenge is a true benchmark for race teams to compare their engineering capabilities,» said Steve Wesoloski, GM Racing Road Racing Group manager.

Analysis by Kansas State grain scientists found that next generation DDGs (left - overs from the production of ethanol that includes residues of yeast) contain 50.8 percent crude protein, compared with 47.8 percent in soybean meal or 67.1 percent in corn gluten meal.

The reason a listening tour is the next step, and not a pre-packaged batch of legislation or other steps, is to build on the common ground across a wide range of Americans on energy thrift, innovation and fair play (meaning policies that distort the playing field, with mandated corn ethanol production and tax breaks for fossil fuel companies prime examples).

The best biofuel is still ethanol from corn but it has to be part of an integrated production facility which should include the following steps: cattle feed lot, feed all waste (distiller's dried solids) to the cattle, convert the cattle waste to methane to supply part of the energy source for the distillation, burn the dry crop waste to provide the remainder of the energy, irrigate the crops with the effluent from the methane digestor.

Re «I believe the best thing to do now with «threatened tropical rain forests» is to harvest all their timber, then clear the land, then grow organic sugarcane for ethanol production.»

I believe the best thing to do now with «threatened tropical rain forests» is to harvest all their timber, then clear the land, then grow organic sugarcane for ethanol production.

Check out the rest of Robert Rapier's post for a back of the envelope calculation on land use with cellulosic ethanol production:

It is affordable, but in the U.S. we punish Brazilian ethanol with a $ 0.54 / gallon tariff to protect our unsustainable corn ethanol production.

The Midwest does not have the highest solar potential in the country (that is found in the Southwest), but its potential is nonetheless vast, with some parts of the Midwest having as good a solar resource as Florida.75 More than one - quarter of national installed wind energy capacity, one - third of biodiesel capacity, and more than two - thirds of ethanol production are located in the Midwest (see also Ch.

As part of its analysis, the Duke team calculated how corn - for - ethanol and cellulosic - for - ethanol production — both now and in the future — would compare with agricultural set - asides.

So the Duke team contrasted today's production practices for corn - based ethanol with what will be possible after the year 2023 for cellulosic - based ethanol.

With U.S. ethanol production projected to nearly double between 2007 and the end of 2008, U.S. output will jump to 13 billion gallons.

To boost bioenergy production, Congress endowed biofuels with subsidies that now amount to about $ 1 per gallon of ethanol and $ 2 per gallon of biodiesel.

Almost all of this derives from corn, with one bushel of corn yielding about 2.7 gallons of ethanol and about 28 % of the U.S. corn crop going toward ethanol production.

IRVINE, Calif. and MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 27 — BlueFire Renewables, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE.ob — News), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced a contract with Cooper Marine & Timberlands to provide feedstock for BlueFire's planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, -LSB-...]

Such biomass, or cellulosic, ethanol is now likely to see commercial production begin first in a facility of the Canadian company, Iogen, with backing from Shell Oil, at a cost of around $ 1.30 / gallon.

It does not release carbon that would otherwise stay stored underground, as occurs with fossil fuel use, but when starch, such as corn, is used for ethanol production much energy, including fossil - fuel energy, is consumed in the process of fertilizing, plowing, and harvesting.

With EPA receiving public input on its proposed ethanol - use volumes for 2018, it's important to see that America's energy renaissance in natural gas and oil production is the biggest reason for the progress the U.S. has made toward those RFS objectives.

Since the ESA forbids the Federal Government from funding any activities which might harm a listed species, why not sue to prevent the ridiculous Federal subsidies on Ethanol, on the grounds that the production, distribution, and use of ethanol have a net negative impact on carbon dioxide emissions when compared with petroleum products, thus accelerating global warming and further endangering the polarEthanol, on the grounds that the production, distribution, and use of ethanol have a net negative impact on carbon dioxide emissions when compared with petroleum products, thus accelerating global warming and further endangering the polarethanol have a net negative impact on carbon dioxide emissions when compared with petroleum products, thus accelerating global warming and further endangering the polar bears.

The report warned that increasing production of liquid biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, could increase the price of agricultural commodities with negative economic and social impacts, especially for the world's poor who spend a large proportion of income on food.

Aurora is one of dozens of start - ups vying to bring an algae - based product to market that will be competitive with petroleum but does not take farmland out of food production, an issue that has plagued the corn ethanol industry.

In a case study they used their Biofuels Time Integrated Model of Emissions (BTIME) to compare the production of maize ethanol with that of ordinary gasoline, over a 100 - year period.

In 2007 26 % of the US corn production has diverted to create biofuel with a 7 % net increase in carbon dioxide emitted if one includes the energy cost for fertilizer, to harvest the corn, to haul the corn to the biofuel plants, and to triple distil the ethanol.

The proposed action would not affect corn or other ethanol production and blending requirements, despite growing problems with incorporating more ethanol into gasoline.

Producers generally sell directly to fueling stations, which explains why ethanol has taken root in the Midwest, center of U.S. corn production, or send it by rail to terminals to be blended with gasoline.

Cellulosic ethanol proponents have pushed the idea of using farm waste as a way to boost biofuel production without impacting food crops, but such conversion may carry a hidden cost in areas with insufficient rainfall or lacking irrigation, warns a soil scientist from Washington State University.

Federal and state subsidies for ethanol helped keep the fuel in production when ethanol prices fell with crude oil and gasoline prices in the early 1980s.

«SunSprings plant operations will begin with production of Joule Sunflow ™ - E to compete in the ethanol market, valued at approximately $ 64 billion.

Regardless whether the Ag chair was a Republican or a Democrat, the Committee, which is dominated by corn - belt politicians, showered ethanol with subsidies and give - aways - and even a Soviet - style production quota that forces consumers to use it.

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The same was true for producing biodiesel using soybeans and sunflower, however, the energy cost for producing soybean biodiesel was only slightly negative compared with ethanol production.

Whether or not ethanol is better than gasoline depends on the direct and indirect environmental impacts associated with the production, delivery, and ultimate use of each gallon of ethanol, including any changes in land use.

With the public comment period just ended, the US Department of Agriculture is set to approve the use of GMO corn for use in ethanol production.

While Vogel acknowledges that it will be difficult to set up «large - scale field trials... particularly for an extended period of time in a large geographical area,» he believes the 540 % figure could be increased further with better land management and breeding techniques and with improvements in cellulosic ethanol production technologies.

Also please feel free to weigh in with your recommendations and / or concerns about the increased production of corn - based ethanol.

An ethanol production mandate could be in conflict with efforts to reduce the Gulf Coast dead zone.

Thus, if we expand corn - based ethanol production, we will be exchanging the variability associated with foreign oil with the variability associated with weather.

In Vicksburg AZ is an ethanol refinery integrated with a dairy farm getting a 10 to1 return, producing milk, ethanol, biodeisel, distillers grains, and methane production power.

The US agriculture secretary, Ed Schafer, stirred controversy on the eve of the Rome summit with his defence of corn ethanol, arguing that biofuel production only contributed «2 to 3 %» to the recent dramatic rise in global food prices.

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted three new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications to the LCFS public comments website: one for corn ethanol (from Heartland Corn Products in Minnesota) and one ARB staff - developed pathway (with two scenarios) for the production of... Read more →

With increased ethanol obligations and growing livestock operations needing more feed, Iowa — the nation's «king of corn production» — will have to import kernels to keep up with demand, an analyst tells the newspaWith increased ethanol obligations and growing livestock operations needing more feed, Iowa — the nation's «king of corn production» — will have to import kernels to keep up with demand, an analyst tells the newspawith demand, an analyst tells the newspaper.

Researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China have developed a new catalyst with enhanced selectivity for a chemocatalytic approach they developed earlier for the production of cellulosic ethanol.