Isn't the biggest issue
with butanol the fact that it is quite toxic? Explosive and
poisonous is a deadly combination... maybe I am confusing it with
something else....
-john
To: vortex-lSent: 6/28/2006 12:15:26 PMSubject: Biobutanol, anyone?
June 28, 2006A short article appeared in the June 26th issue of Chemical & Engineering news. You know, its the same weekly that revealed oil from Canadian tar sands could be scooped up for $9.00 (nine dollars a bbl) at a time when pumped oil was at $35,00 a barrel (not including shipping) and climbing. Needless to say the tar sands oil boom was just finally reported by 60 Minutes last Sunday. Then there is the coal digging boom, and the latest solution to the fuel energy crisis: Ethanol production from corn and grass fields in mid America. Very little has been noted about our efforts in the cold fusion field. It is still a hydrocarbon based civilization, coming or going.The June 26th article touched upon the news that British Petroleum and DuPont are: "joining forces to develop, produce, and market a new generation of bio fuels for the renewable fuels sector". Initially the expect to produce about 9 million gallons per year of butanol in United Kingdom. 1-Butanol derived from the fermentation process can be competitive without subsidies when oil prices are in the $30 to $40 range.1-Butanol has several chemical advantages over Ethanol. Also research is continuing to develop a genetic engineered microbe that can convert varied agricultural feedstock bio catalytically into fuel. Chevron is joining in the bio fuel butanol game. Ethanol production can be converted to butanol. Perhaps even coal and oil can become converted to butanol. I wonder.-ak-
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