A still is just the last part of the process. The problem is figuring
out how to economically convert alternate biomass into ethenol that is
then run through the still to remove the water and impurities.
Cellulose is the tough one. Production is still a fermentation process
and yeast feeds on sugar, not cellulose.
Sugar cane is productive because sugar is stored in the stalks as
opposed to corn which stores almost no sugar in the stalk but stores a
lot of starch in the kernal that can be converted to sugar.
Tom
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From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Received: 3/12/08 3:54 PM
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Thanks for this Ned, there is so much disinformation about this out
there I dispair...
A friend of mine said the other day he'd seen plans for an ethanol still
of some sort that could make ethanol from nearly anything.
I'm thinking peas, good sugar content, good cellulose content, they'll
grow well on my farm.....
-Curt
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:00:31 -0400
From: "ned kleinhenz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [MBZ] Re - OT and long, Ethanol stuff from IBD
To: "Mercedes List" <Mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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Regarding the article Harry Watkins recently posted on this list -
As an engineer in the ethanol industry (not ADM) this sort of
propaganda
just baits and irritates me. Walter Williams disappoints me with the
way he
takes some half-truths out of context and builds an entire misleading
position. Ethanol is not nirvana, it is not a silver bullet, and it is
not
a single replacement for our entire current supply of fossil fuel. But
an
ethanol infrastructure is one good building block toward ensuring our
energy
future.
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