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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (4516)2/26/2006 8:28:43 AM
From: Crabbe  Read Replies (1) of 218634
 
"If the US public is determined to get less dependent on oil, they can achieve much of this by converting to ethanol, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT PAY, FINANCIALLY. World wide, with 6.5 billion mouths to feed, it's a real question how much corn/sugar cane etc. can be grown for fuel use."

You would be right were ethanol production limited to sugar and grain feedstock. Even Brazil is having trouble producing enough ethanol for their own use and have started their harvest of sugar cane 2 months early this year. They also have reduced their gasohol concentration of ethanol from 25% to 20% ethanol.

However

I think it is your country men that are predicting biomass ethanol for 30-40 cents a gallon. Check out Iogen. With feedstock prices of ~$30 per ton, 214 gallons of ethanol / ton, enzyme cost for conversion to sugar from cellulosic biomass of $.05 per gallon. Biomass from agricultural waste products such as corn stover and straw. Or, biomass from crops such as switch grass that can be grown on marginal land with no irrigation, and do not require plowing or cultivating for at least 10 years after planting.

I think those claims would kinda negate your argument.

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