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  • Ethanol: Our Answer to Reducing U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil [View article]
    tylakewalker,
    Thanks for the botany toxonomy caviat, but it's completely irrelevant to the conversation (unless you were trying to inject humor, in that case: lol?). In case you were actually serious, mixed prarie grasses are not traded on the NYMEX, corn is, and that is one of MANY significant differences between the two. Take a look at the links I provided.
    Aug 27 14:09 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Ethanol: Our Answer to Reducing U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil [View article]
    Tim,
    I agree that ethanol is a crucial component toward lowering our foreign oil dependence. However, I completely disagree with corn being the answer. It is well documented that grasses (cellulose) blow corn away for ethanol yield per unit acre input. For example, see:

    www.sciam.com/article....

    www.nsf.gov/news/news_...

    Corn for ethanol drives up food prices and is carbon positive, whereas prarie grasses are carbon negative and would ease pressures on corn prices. For now, perhaps corn is the only way to go until this relatively new find is brought from R&D to actual production and market....none to soon.
    -Dave
    Aug 26 15:32 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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