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H.R. 260, The 21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2009 (3 comments ↓)
H.R. 260 would authorize the Secretary of Energy to make loan guarantees for cellulosic ethanol production technology development.
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Bruce
January 9, 2009, 12:56pm (report abuse)Ethanol is a non-starter for energy. It requires more energy to produce it than it yields when burning it. Further, it raises corn and other grain prices, harming the poor. Great for corn producers, bad for America.
J.C.
January 10, 2009, 10:22am (report abuse)Read the bill. This is about cellulosic ethanol, not corn based ethanol.
Freedom First
January 13, 2009, 12:23pm (report abuse)Cellulosic ethanol production uses the sugar cellulose, which is what most plant matter is made of. Tree-cellulose, grass cellulose, etc. This would not have a direct impact on the food supplies unless farmers start making ethanol from feedstocks such as corn silage. Right now you can produce ethanol from cellulose using acid hydrolysis. I believe that the University of Nebraska has engineering a proprietary enzyme or microb which breaks cellulose down into sugar. While I believe that this is good way to obtain energy I do have concerns over microbs which would agressivly attach cellulose since it is very important to the functioning of the ecosystem. I am also curious about removing all the nutrients from areas which are used to cycles of nutirents. Anyway the government should be involved anyway. Not their place.
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