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Originally Posted by gtahvit

Article on the viability of Cellulosic Ethanol. It's not the most exciting read but has some very relevant information.

http://www.trade.gov/press/press_rel...ort_011708.asp

Good article. It does overlook one key point-the feedstock for making the EtOH. From the article:

U.S. crude oil imports would be 4.1 percent lower if 20 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol were produced in 2020,

If you look at my previous post we have used all the garbage, all the tires, 10% of the forests, and all the 'unused land' to produce 2.9 billion gallons per year. That is one seventh of the production assumed in that statement.

Its the same syndrome we've had for oil for years, we'll just make more. So where is the feedstock going to come from?