From: "David B. Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change
To: "globalchange" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:14 PM
Subject: [Global Change: 3030] Re: BIO-FUELS: the impressive Brazilian
example
>That said, I certainly do not favor ethanol-from-corn, does nothing to
>speak of regarding global warming. Ethanol from sugarcane is, on the
>other hand, a help and sugar is a seriious glut on world markets.
Cellulosic ethanol from corn stover would reslove some issues with corn
ethanol, but wide-spread corn fermentation infrastructure throughout the
midwest would present a formidable barrier to entry for new technology,
unless it comes in at much lower production cost (or much higher production
tax credit?).
-dl
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