seriously. history can tell us that ethanol will be our next biggest problem. Who's raising the corn? where is all that corn going to? Not to feed the cattle or the people who can survive on it.
however, i did listen to an NPR bit where the scientists are trying to find an economic way to utilize ALL of the corn, not just the kernal, like the stalk, the leaves etc. but people need to think ahead before making ads like these... because what they say it ISN'T, it WILL become.
@MorgTheHarbinger We have a long way to go before we're ready to use all parts of the corn plant. And it's not just corn that the entire industry is looking at -- all kinds of biomass can be used to produce ethanol. But the science, the infrastructure, the economics -- it just isn't ready yet. We're working on it!
seriously. history can tell us that ethanol will be our next biggest problem. Who's raising the corn? where is all that corn going to? Not to feed the cattle or the people who can survive on it.
however, i did listen to an NPR bit where the scientists are trying to find an economic way to utilize ALL of the corn, not just the kernal, like the stalk, the leaves etc. but people need to think ahead before making ads like these... because what they say it ISN'T, it WILL become.
MorgTheHarbinger 1 year ago
@MorgTheHarbinger We have a long way to go before we're ready to use all parts of the corn plant. And it's not just corn that the entire industry is looking at -- all kinds of biomass can be used to produce ethanol. But the science, the infrastructure, the economics -- it just isn't ready yet. We're working on it!
growthenergy 1 year ago
@MorgTheHarbinger Who said anything about corn?
Like Morg said, the infrastructure here is corn-based.
and the infrastructure to even deliver the ethanol has barely started moving. But I digress.
Other countries, like brazil, make use of ethanol derived from sugar cane, which yields larger volumes of ethanol than does corn.
gabriel1812 1 year ago