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Produced from Carbon Dioxide
Harvested from plants and pre-processed from cellulose
Enzymes break cellulose down into sugars
Microbes ferment sugars into ethanol which is a Biofuel
used for cars, trucks, airplanes, etc which gives off Carbon Dioxide and the cycle repeats
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Vegetable oil or animal-fat based diesel consisting of long chain alkyl esters. Typically made by chemically reacting lipids.
Made from vegetable oils such as – peanut , oil palm , coconut , rapeseed, soybean, sunflower
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol), the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a transport fuel, mainly as a biofuel additive for gasoline.
A liquid produced by fermentation in which yeast metabolizes sugar, producing carbon dioxide and ethanol , usually made from a grain corn or a maize.
It is made from renewable resources.
It performs just as well as the normal diesel fuel.
Doesn’t require any radical changes to convert to a biofuel
Are cheaper than fossil fuels. Considered ‘carbon neutral',
therefore, they don’t contribute to global warming
Competition between running cars and feeding people.
Production can lead to environmental destruction. Ex. Brazil
Growing crops for biofuel doesn't absorb the fossil fuel emissions
Considerable carbon emissions from the coal/gas required during manufacturing process
The carbon dioxide they release when burnt is equal to the amount that the plants absorbed out of the atmosphere.
Their growth can leverage our existing agricultural capability
The products fit well in our existing energy transportation
Efficient Crops-
Sugar Beet (France) yields- 714
Sugarcane (Brazil) yields-662
Cassava Nigeria yields-410
Sweet Sorghum (India) yields-374
Corn (U.S.) yields-354
Wheat (France) yields-277
Corn is the most used crop in the U.S.
Corn Ethanol Ethanol Usage /
WASDE Release Production Usage Production Farm Price
2006/7 10,535 2,117 20% $3.04
2007/8 13,074 3,000 23% $4.25- 4.45
2008/9 - May 12,125 4,000 33% $5.00- 6.00
2008/9 - June 11,735 4,000 34% $5.30- 6.30