On 12/28/2011 3:27 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:11:23 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

On 12/27/2011 7:55 PM, HeyBub wrote:
"Lost in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, Congress has quietly
ended subsidies on ethanol fuel as well as ending a special import tariff on
Brazilian ethanol. The ethanol subsidy paid fuel blenders 45 cents per
gallon to make E10, gasoline blended with 10% ethanol. The tariff added 54
cents to the cost of importing a gallon of ethanol from Brazil. The ethanol
subsidy currently costs US taxpayers about $6 billion per year. Over the
past 30 years, the program has cost $45 billion. By taking no action on the
subsidy before adjourning for the end of the year, Congress effectively
killed the program."

Read mo
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2011/12...d-ethanol-end/



Switchgrass is a plentiful biomass to use for ethanol production and I
don't know why it hasn't received the push it needs to be the new source
for ethanol.

http://www.farmland.org/programs/env...FYEmtAodEnarWA

http://preview.tinyurl.com/cxpry9u

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panicum_virgatum

TDD
The problem is nobody has "perfected" the process of converting
cellulose to ethanol., while converting corn sugar to ethanol is an
age-old, proven, and "american" tradition. (it's Moonshine)


I tend to believe that corn is more valuable as a food source than as a
raw material to produce alcohol. The fact that it has a lot of food
value makes it a lot easier to turn into ethanol. What I think are the
best things about switchgrass is its hardiness and ability to be grown
just about anywhere. I would also assume it is more disease resistant
than corn. A little bioengineering can make it even more valuable.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/ja...-farmers-crop/

http://preview.tinyurl.com/br2d53b

http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-st...y-switchgrass/

http://preview.tinyurl.com/bpz7254

TDD