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Originally posted by Rondinone
corn ethanol has been around for decades, and it hasn't gotten anywhere because of the low yield per acre. The current excitement is about cellulosic ethanol, which is fermented from any cellulose (grass, wood, debris) using specialized enzymes.
The National Renewable Energy Lab has gotten the cost of cellulosic ethanol down to about $1.15/gallon.
15% gasoline is added because the flash point of pure ethanol is too high to start a cold engine.
We drive these clunkers at work that run on E85, and they sometimes stall when cold. Otherwise they drive like a normal car.
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Wow, thanks for explaining this. Autoline Detroit is only a 30 minute TV program, they mentioned many things, but some items/subjects had to go unexplained and only mentioned as subjects.
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Does "grass, wood, debris" = hemp?
That would be too funny.