Sentences with phrase «ethanol yield crops»
There are higher ethanol yield crops that can be grown in areas unsuitable for corn.
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Previous studies on switchgrass plots suggested that ethanol made from the plant would yield anywhere from 343 % to 700 % of the energy put into growing the crop and processing it into biofuel.
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.
A new study shows that burning crops such as corn and switchgrass to create electricity to power electric vehicles would actually yield more transportation miles than turning those crops into ethanol.