Cellulosic ethanol coming to Emmetsburg Iowa?? Poet, DOE sign cellulosic ethanol plant agreement .
On the AP wire today was this story about plans to expand ethanol production in China and India, along with speculation on what the effects on water supplies will be. Water use seems to be one of the biggest environmental issues concerning the production of ethanol. This debate is not limited to China and India, the domestic ethanol industry facing problems in some areas due to lack of water resources.
An International trade conference on biofuels and carbon at U of M, will be held at Oct. 22-23.
“Contrary to public perceptions, renewable energy is not the silver bullet that will soon solve our problems,” - Jeroen van der Veer, Royal Dutch Shell CEO.....Oh really?
According to Mr. van der Veer, it seems everyone working in the renewable energy field is just wasting their time, so we should just give up and go work for the coal companies? Nice. I'm quite sure his view is based neither in the majority nor reality. They also said the world is flat and there be dragons where the map ends...
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This material is based upon work supported by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under number NRCS 68-3A75-6-117
This material is based upon work supported by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under number NRCS 68-3A75-6-117
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