Not exact matches
By turning crops such as corn,
sugarcane and palm oil
into biofuels — whether
ethanol, biodiesel, or something else — proponents hope to reap the benefits of the carbon soaked up as the plants grow to offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted when the resulting fuel is burned.
A key issue is the conversion of existing corn
ethanol and
sugarcane ethanol facilities
into integrated cellulose / starch / sugar production facilities.
Research
into a next - generation fuel — cellulosic
ethanol from
sugarcane — may have played a critical role in shaping the deal.
Fast - growing
sugarcane on highly fertile land in Brazil, for example, converts only around 0.5 percent of incoming solar radiation
into sugar, and only around 0.2 percent ultimately
into ethanol.
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