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The cost of corn stover (leaves and stalk) is $40-$80 including transportation it's about $100 per ton [1]. So, that's $90 trillion at US biomass production pr
by falsestprophet 10y ago
The cost of corn stover (leaves and stalk) is $40-$80 including transportation it's about $100 per ton [1].
So, that's $90 trillion at US biomass production prices (assuming that much biomass was available) or 1.2x world annual gross world product [2].
Still $90 trillion seems like a lot.
[1] https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/EC/RE-3-W.pdf https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/EC/RE-3-W.pdf
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_world_product https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_world_product