Jones, “cellulosic ethanol” or “advanced hydrous ethanol” seems very promising indeed! Can it be made easily from Gyre grown floating Sargassum do you think?
Michel 2009/4/4 Jones Beene <[email protected]>: > About a month ago, the thread below drew little interest here: primarily > since “grain fuels” have gotten a bad rap from both sides of the aisle - so > it is no surprise that environmentalists tend to be misled (by Big-Oil spin) > about the importance of next-gen ethanol in our collective energy future. > This alternative fuel is also known as “advanced cellulosic hydrous > ethanol”. It is too bad that it shares the name and connotation, since it is > a different beast. > > Let me say first of all, that there are several new technologies – which are > far better than this one – being totally carbon-free alternatives and on the > immediate horizon – and those are the real future of alternative energy … > > BUT even if they arrive from the Lab this year, there will be only modest > effect on the larger economy for a decade. Algae-biodiesel is looking very > good as an alternative, but it is not the immediate savior that next-gen > ethanol can be … since in the big picture, change is never as rapid as it > should be: paradigm shifts or mass production and new distribution channels > take time to ramp up. > > Due to the fact that we already have a farm-to-pump infrastructure in place > now for corn ethanol, and the additions needed to use cellulose are not > severe, then it makes perfect sense that for the next 5-10 years- it will be > in the best interest of the USA to strongly encourage farm-grown but > non-food-based “advanced hydrous ethanol” PLUS to be used in hybrid autos. > That combination can cut CO2 emission by 75% and make the USA > self-sufficient in transportation fuel. Even partial progress towards that > pairing can eliminate the need for OPEC oil imports. It is the only way to > preserve the value of the dollar in international markets. > > Perhaps I should emphasize that “cellulosic ethanol” or “advanced hydrous > ethanol” is the important new fuel - to distinguish the desirable 2nd Gen > variant from its immediate progenitor: which an undesirable fuel consisting > of blended gasoline with anhydrous (distilled) corn-based ethanol. What a > joke. It almost seems that the bastardized fuel was invented by the > Big-Oil+OPEC Cartel for the express purpose of wanting to quash alternatives > to pure fossil fuel by making it inferior from the start, and then falsely > claiming that it reduces food availability. > > As it turns out, 100% of the protein of corn when fermented, is retained in > the Brewers yeast - which is the rich food byproduct of ethanol. In fact > there is a slight gain in available protein by going this route. > > Anyway, here is the previous post (and as it turns out, the Chinese may not > have the upper hand here): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg30640.html > > Straight from Spud-country – some more and VERY important new R&D has > confirmed the premise, going back years that hydrous is special since it can > increase Carnot efficiency substantially. It really is a form of steam > conversion: > > http://www.grainnet.com/article.php?ID=73529 > > … or… Is this just more moonshine from tater-heads ? – methinks, it is > right-on, Jack and another nail being hammered into the very large coffin > being constructed for the Big-Oil+OPEC Cartel. > > General Jack D. Ripper was right – it’s all we need to protect our precious > bodily fluids ;-) > > Jones
