Ross Fischer

Is Cellulosic Ethanol Always the Bridesmaid?

Presently corn farmers burn 0.85 gallons of diesel to make 1 gallon ethanol. The refineries then burn 0.25 gallons equivalent energy of coal or natural gas. Add in fertilizer and insecticides, both petroleum dependent products and you quickly are using more energy than is made from the whole process. 1.28 gallons of fuel to make 1 gallon of ethanol from corn. $18 billion dollars in subsidies is all that keeps corn based ethanol working. Stop burning food for fuel. Cellulose ethanol has to be the way this technology goes.