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This ethanol is produced via fermentation, though. Just not fermentation of plant matter. The OP uses the word "fermentation" several times. We don't normall

by jp57 5y ago

This ethanol is produced via fermentation, though. Just not fermentation of plant matter. The OP uses the word "fermentation" several times. We don't normally think of the containers where wine or sour mash are fermented as bioreactors, but they are.

wombatpm 5y ago
Right, but the source product is sugar a C6 compound, and the fermentation pathwasy removes carbon atoms. This process is building up from C1 so methanol is a possible side product. Or at least I bet that is the concern