Comments on: Headlines at Techso Mogro for April 12, 2013 https://techsomogro.com/headlines-21st-century-tech-april-12-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=headlines-21st-century-tech-april-12-2013 Science, Technology and the Future Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: lenrosen4 https://techsomogro.com/headlines-21st-century-tech-april-12-2013/#comment-8343 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:49:38 +0000 http://www.21stcentech.com/?p=9691#comment-8343 david rosen. The evolution of biofuels is away from using food crops as the raw material. For example, Brazil produces biodiesel from sugar cane. To date the split between raw sugar production as a food additive and biofuels is about 50/50. In terms of corn produced for biofuel in the U.S., almost all of the product grown for this purpose is not varieties for human consumption. The division is between use for animal feed and biofuel production. Ultimately the move to cellulosic ethanol will change the source of raw materials from the ear on the corn to corn stover, the stalk and stubble of the corn plant. Switch grass will also be a major source for cellulosic ethanol. Today it is grown on wasteland and the idea is to intensify switchgrass growth in areas where farms do not plant food crops. The petroleum industry is an investor in biofuel technologies but only marginally so. Yes they spread FUD to keep fossil fuels in the pipeline.]]> In reply to david rosen.

The evolution of biofuels is away from using food crops as the raw material. For example, Brazil produces biodiesel from sugar cane. To date the split between raw sugar production as a food additive and biofuels is about 50/50. In terms of corn produced for biofuel in the U.S., almost all of the product grown for this purpose is not varieties for human consumption. The division is between use for animal feed and biofuel production. Ultimately the move to cellulosic ethanol will change the source of raw materials from the ear on the corn to corn stover, the stalk and stubble of the corn plant. Switch grass will also be a major source for cellulosic ethanol. Today it is grown on wasteland and the idea is to intensify switchgrass growth in areas where farms do not plant food crops.

The petroleum industry is an investor in biofuel technologies but only marginally so. Yes they spread FUD to keep fossil fuels in the pipeline.

]]> By: david rosen https://techsomogro.com/headlines-21st-century-tech-april-12-2013/#comment-8342 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:18:37 +0000 http://www.21stcentech.com/?p=9691#comment-8342 It is important that the push to produce biofuels does not impact on our food supply as has been occurring. The petroleum industry claims there will be loss of jobs. Therefore we must be able to counter this all-powerful fear-mongering lobby that has tremendous influence over governments. Included in our statistics should be the savings in costs to the environment and health care associated with the gaseous and liquid waste effluents associated with the petroleum and nuclear industries. The health costs are of great concern because the harm made be separated by decades from the times of exposure.

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