TURN FOOD INTO FUEL
Are CORN HUSKS better than CORN for producing energy ? Ethanol is the alternative fuel that could finally wean the U.S. from its expensive oil gabit and in turn prevent the millions of tons of carbon emissions that go with it . The Deparments of Energy had doubled its 2005 commitment to funding research into BIOFUELS - any nonpetroluem fuel source , inculding CORN,SOYABEAN,SWITCHGRASS,MUNICIPAL WASTE and (ICK) USED COOKING OIL . Already half of the nearly 2 billion bushels of corn produced each year is turned into ethanol and most new cars are capable of running on Eio(10%ethanol and 90%gas). Yet the eco-friendly fuel is beginning to look less chummy of late . Some of the ii4 ethanol plants in the U.S. use natural gas and yes even coal to run the processors. And ethanol has to be trucked . Existing gas pipelines can't carry it b'cause it corrodes iron. Then there're the economics . Producers depend on federals subsides and increasing demand for corn as fuel means the kernels keep getting pricier.
That's why researches are prospecting for more alternatives preferably ones that don't rely on good crops or a 13cent-per-liter-tax break . Municipal waste wood pulp and leftover it grain and corn husks are all quite attractive ; they can produve something called cellulosic ethanol which contains more energy than coen . But they don't give up their bounty easily so for now they're more expensive than corn-baed ethanol to produve . Understand, researches at several cellulosic-ethanol plants are developing innovative enzyme concoctions and heating methods to make the process more economic . Nothing like haste to make something out of waste - ALIVE PARK
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