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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 najjapak.wordpress.com
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.
CornEthanol Ethanol Usage / WASDE ReleaseProductionUsageProductionFarm Price 2006/710,5352,11720%$ /813,0743,00023%$ /9 - May12,1254,00033%$ /9 - June11,7354,00034%$