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Why will we never be able to replace the gasoline we currently use to power our vehicles in the U.S., by either ethanol made from corn, or cellulosic ethanol? Your response must be at least 200 words Do you recommend the production and use of biofuels? Why o...
Ethanol made from corn has become an increasingly important fuel additive in the US over the past decade. The market for ethanol has grown from 550 million gallons in 1984 to approximately 1.5 billion gallons in 1995. Recent clean-air legislation has mandated the use of cleaner burning fuels in...
Ethanol’s biggest asset is that it comes from the renewable resources of farms from around the world. Ethanol can be synthesized from any plant that contains sugar. Although it is most commonly made from corn, ethanol can be synthesized from sorghum, wheat and barley. The world’s largest ...
Today, ethanol is made primarily from corn. Another form of ethanol, called bioethanol, can be made from lignocellulosics which are from many types of trees and grasses, although the process is more difficult[4]. Lignocellulose consists of three main components: cellulose, hemicellulose and ...
For example, the process of growing corn to produce ethanol consumes fossil fuels in farming equipment, in fertilizer manufacturing, in corn transportation, and in ethanol distillation. In this respect, ethanol made from corn represents a relatively small energy gain; the energy gain from sugarcane ...
Ethanol is commonly made from biomass such as corn or sugarcane. World ethanol production for transport fuel tripled between 2000 and 2007 from 17×109 liters (4.5×109 U.S. gal; 3.7×109 imp gal) to more than 52×109 liters (14×109 U.S. gal; 11×109 imp gal). From 2007 to ...
So, one pretty big consequence of this is that ethanol made from corn produces more CO2 than gasoline does. So Tad, thanks so much for taking the time to come on the show and talk to me today. Tad Patzek: Thank you for having me. Ben: The first thing that I want to do is ...
Ethanol is made from corn and other plant matter. Ethanol more generally is made from the molecule glucose, which exists in starches of all kinds and is the main form of energy used by all living cells. One molecule of glucose is converted to ethanol and carbon dioxide under the influence ...
2 Subsidies in this case will simply result in more ethanol pro-1 This paper is exclusively concerned with ethanol made from corn. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to ethanol are in relation to ethanol made from corn. When economists discuss ethanol subsidies, they are almost always ...