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I thought the idea was to make ethanol from the cellulose, not from the oil? (In corn, it's the sugar you use.) Plants have a lot more cellulose than sugar, so
by lutorm 16y ago
I thought the idea was to make ethanol from the cellulose, not from the oil? (In corn, it's the sugar you use.) Plants have a lot more cellulose than sugar, so if you can utilize it for making ethanol, you tap a much larger potential source.
- oelewapperke 16y agoCellulose is a horribly difficult material to do anything at all with. After drying it can be burned to produce heat, and that's pretty much all that's ever been done to it.
- lutorm 16y agoWell, it certainly isn't ready for prime time, but you can definitely make ethanol out of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol