I've spun off another thread...We can concentrate a little better, now.
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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
Apparently the decision has already been made. I'm wasting my time here trying to present alternative views. Nevermind.
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What are you talking about? I realize there was lag time with posts...but we just started talking about this. There's MUCH more to go!
Coskata, the Biofuels company GM partnered with, has already demonstrated that their procedure works. And works pretty darn well. They expect to have a moderate to full-scale plant up and running with in a year, and be able to produce Ethanol from almost anything for about a dollar a gallon, all while leaving a very minimal impact on the environment.
Tests have shown that from "well" to wheel, Cellulosic Ethanol done Coskata's way reduces Carbon emissions by as much as 80%.
Corn Ethanol's impact on global food prices have been crazy-exagerated, as well. Of the 40-something percent rise in cost, corn growth for Ethanol accounts for about 1% of it. But when we speak about Cellulosic ethanol, there's no rainforests (or any forests) being cut down and there's no need for any farmland to be reallocated to switchgrass, because the dang stuff grows everywhere. (and you don't need to grow waste)