Biofuel of the Future: Cellulosic Ethanol
I have recently highligted a great number of studies showing problems with biofuels. From competition with food crops for land and water to encouraged deforestation, fertiliser usage and ecological impacts from pesticides. However, there are reasons for optimism that biofuels have potential, this is perticularly true when we talk about vehicles with 100mpg rather than 20-30. Perticulalry cellulosic ethanol seems to be the way to go, this is a process development challenge.
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Chris Somerville [Director of the EBI, UC Berkeley]The video bellow is from CITRIS at UC Berkeley.
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The earth receives approximately 4000 times as much energy from the sun each year as the total projected human energy use in 2050. Because plants can be deployed on a large scale to capture and store solar energy, I am interested in exploring the degree to which it may become possible to use photosynthesis for sustainable production of renewable carbon-neutral energy. In considering this possibility, the Secretary of Energy of the US has called for the replacement of 30% of the liquid fuels used in the US with biofuels by 2030. I will outline some of the technical issues that must be addressed in order to understand if it is possible to reach this and related goals. I will also discuss some of the areas in which I envision significant technical advances may enable evolution of the biofuels industry.
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- All Climate Change Action posts on Biofuels.
- Christian Aid talk covering biofuels in Brazil including labour standards and land ownership.
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Cellulose is a tough substance that is built up over a long period in the life of the plant. Many animals cant even digest it. It will be a technological marvel that can extract the energy trapped in it...!
A technological marvel that is elucidated in the video...
He admits that it currently takes a net energy input of 45% to produce biofuel.
Then, all the solutions he mentions are "research opportunities."
According to him energy demand is growing at the rate of 1 nuclear plant every 2 days.
He is being paid to prolong the life of the autosprawl system because there is no profit for his funding sources in reducing energy demand.
We need free public transit.
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