Cellulosic ethanol may be better for environment

[Itsmeeman1]

Best source of Cellulosic ethanol is Cannabis Hemp! Far more than corn!

[MsLabMom]

Cellulosic ethanol packs many times the energy of corn ethanol. Cellulosic ethanol emits a lower net level of greenhouse gases. Cellulosic ethanol can be 0 emissions. Energy security: cellulosic ethanol reduces dependence on foreign oil. Cellulosic ethanol is sustainable bridge while new technologies are built. Cellulosic ethanol is just one (good) part of the solution.

[heartlessvietboy]

If cellulose ethanol is better for the environment than regular ethanol, then cellulose ethanol should be the choice of the two.

[pimezon]

this sounds like such a baaaaaaaddddd idea. I am afraid this method would involve a lot of land investment which would require deforestation. In addition you would then have the food industry competing with energy industry for superiority over cultivatable land. And we know how that would turn out to be. On top of it, let's add the use of fertilizers (that are harmful no matter what) and so on and so forth to expedite plant growth. I have a very bad feeling about this and hope it gets addressed

[SweetWaterEnergyInc]

Excellent and informative - Jason, do you have any other videos posted?

[azstong]

Great piece. Its important, 2 find alternative forms of energy, the search must go on. GOPHER NATION!!!!!!!!!!!

[mantisbc]

What about Hemp ? Isnt it the fastest growing bio mass and also the most productive. If you can have 2-3 crops per year that give several times more bio fuel per acre isnt it gross negligence to not even consider a practically free source of energy. Imagine a whole industry started overnight producing the most usefull plant in the world , building products , plastics , oils , fabrics ..... the list of uses for hemp is pretty big. Why are we not doing this .

[StarFoxAutobot]

I never thought of that, good idea.

[sdsunandfun]

Soft speaking marxist dupe fag. YouTube, "yuri resmenov, sleepers emerge and messiah appears."

[acoledoerr89]

IT IS NOT IN SOCIETY'S BEST INTEREST TO INVEST IN THIS TECHNOLOGY. Maybe if by society you mean "America". However if you do a little research you can see for yourself the bio fuel craze is starting to cause a food crisis in many third world countries. It's good that people are starting to think about alternative fuel however I do not think bio fuel should be one of them. Solar + Wind + Wave energy is all far more practical and renewable.

[lambtime]

acoledoerr89, you have got the wrong idea...he said it himself that 1st generation biofuels (corn ethanol) shouldn't be looked upon as much as 2nd generation biofuels (cellulosic biofuels) because they are used to feed people...What he meant was this: the newer technologies in biofuels (also known as 2nd generation) should be given greater focus. When he says society, he does mean America. Do you listen when smart people talk? This guy knows what he is talking about, unlike you.

[sdsunandfun]

How can people eat second generation bil fuels?

[troutdaletim]

Looks like once again, an individual must find their own alternative energy and most important of all, keep it to themselves, lest they suddenly disappear................

[dexluther]

Making fuel out of food is a bad bad bad idea. Using residue and waste is a much better idea. I'll always be against fuel made out of stuff someone could have eaten (like corn).

[lukeatluka]

It's strange to say but USA throws so big amounts of food away per day that you could satisfy whole Africa...

Definitely will this fuel (be) made of thrown away food.

[dexluther]

Every time they talk about 'biofuels' and show the making of it they show food people could have eaten. They show nice new crops, and piles of corn that could have been used to actually feed someone instead of making fuel to haul some fat ass too lazy to walk to the corner store. I wouldn't have a problem if it was only made from wasted food and left over scraps (like the stalks from corn), and they showed that. It's not made from waste though. At least not yet, and that's the problem.

[lukeatluka]

Actually you're right, i don't know why i mentioned wasted food when they really showed only new crops and piles.... :)

[dojokonojo]

Its ironic, but sending food to Africa might make things worse for them, since cheap or free foreign food destroys local agriculture. Local farms cant compete against that, so they lose their job, and without money, wont be able to buy food, or need to look for work with free food (from aid). They might farm cash crops instead. Either Western aid hands out the free food, or let their governments do it, but they tend to mismanage, so in a time of crisis, millions will starve :(

[sdsunandfun]

Africa once had a country called Rhodesia, and it was the bread basket of that continent, and even exported food.

Rhodesia is gone, and the food producing capacity of that once productiove country is gone.

Do you know why?

[DavidPT40]

Poor soil conservation practices.

[blazelled]

I didn't hear any mention of economics in the video, they were just talking about the actual environmental science behind it. Secondary generation ethanol could easily become viable, especially if the proposed "cap and trade" bill passes in the Minnesota Senate.

[bluzy25]

wow, you'd think that U of M would understand ROI is still not sustainable. Thanks for post!