Pedro42's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/131016/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/111419-biofuel-industry-won-t-meet-government-production-targets-after-all?source=feed#comment-333906 333906 Black liquor is the combined by-products, such as lignines, extracted from the wood that is fed in to a paper and pulp mill. It is burned today with an energy efficiency of 20%. By converting it to syngas the energy efficiency becomes 70%. There is enough black liquor in North America to make 10 billion gallons of methanol. The cost is lower than for sugar cane ethanol. Methanol and ethanol are very similar in performance and can be mixed in gasoline. Solid biomass can also be gasified albeit at a higher cost but still competitive with ethanol production. The EIA should not discount this source for biofuels.]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:45:52 -0500 Black liquor is the combined by-products, such as lignines, extracted from the wood that is fed in to a paper and pulp mill. It is burned today with an energy efficiency of 20%. By converting it to syngas the energy efficiency becomes 70%. There is enough black liquor in North America to make 10 billion gallons of methanol. The cost is lower than for sugar cane ethanol. Methanol and ethanol are very similar in performance and can be mixed in gasoline. Solid biomass can also be gasified albeit at a higher cost but still competitive with ethanol production. The EIA should not discount this source for biofuels.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/110893-three-things-obama-will-do-to-advance-alternative-energy?source=feed#comment-330825 330825 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:23:05 -0500