Tom Caracciolo

Ethanol: Corn Hits New High, Verenium Wins Grant

BlueFire Ethanol Fuel (BFRE) will start construction of their cellulosic ethanol plant this coming April next to a land fill in California that will provide the material from which the ethanol will be produced. The facility will be like the cellulosic plant they have in operation in Izumi, Japan producing ethanol from cellulose since 2002. A by-product of their process is butanol that will provide 70% of the energy needed to produce the ethanol. This, plus making ethanol from material we throw away, is a win-win situation for every land fill in the U.S. The process is proven commercially viable.

Cramer: "Ethanol Is a Fuel That Doesn't Work"

What does it take for people to understand that ethanol from corn is only temporary. Ethanol from cellulose is already on its way in the U.S. Two cellulosic plants are starting construcion now next to landfills in the U.S. that will provide the cellulosic material needed to make the ethanol. BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. has already proven the commercially viable process to make ethanol out of our garbage. They have a plant in Izumi, Japan that has been doing it since the year 2002. They have the exclusive license for the process for the entire U.S. Their plan is to put a cellulosic ethanol plant next to every land in the U.S. It is a win - win situation.