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Originally Posted by jrb55gh Although ethanol production from corn impacts the food supply, new research has made strides on producing it from switchgrass and other cellulosic plants. Also producing ethanol

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Old 06-02-2015, 06:31 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Although ethanol production from corn impacts the food supply, new research has made strides on producing it from switchgrass and other cellulosic plants. Also producing ethanol from plants is renewable. In other words as long as there is sun light we can make ethanol. ...
The two main sources of biomass for ethanol production are corn and sugar cane. Both take considerable amounts of energy, fertilizer, land, &c to produce - much more than just sunlight is required. The amount produced from other biomass is negligible and not likely to increase substantially.

In any case, ethanol is only a stopgap measure and not a long-term solution. Only real solution is a reduction in consumers of resources.
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