Biofuels by David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout
By David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout
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Gasoline, however, was cheaper than ethanol and soon became the fuel of choice for carmakers and consumers. Henry Ford once said that he believed ethanol was the fuel of the future. Maybe he was right. 29 CHAPTER TEN Corn Ethanol Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the United States. Farmers grow it to feed livestock and for human consumption. S. ethanol industry with raw biomass. Fuel for Thought Ethanol factories add enzymes to giant tanks of Some experts are concerned corn. The enzymes help that farmers will not be convert corn sugars into able to grow enough corn to satisfy our need for both alcohol in a process called food and fuel.
Gasoline, however, was cheaper than ethanol and soon became the fuel of choice for carmakers and consumers. Henry Ford once said that he believed ethanol was the fuel of the future. Maybe he was right. 29 CHAPTER TEN Corn Ethanol Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the United States. Farmers grow it to feed livestock and for human consumption. S. ethanol industry with raw biomass. Fuel for Thought Ethanol factories add enzymes to giant tanks of Some experts are concerned corn. The enzymes help that farmers will not be convert corn sugars into able to grow enough corn to satisfy our need for both alcohol in a process called food and fuel.
39 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Biogas Biogas is gas released when organic matter, such as plant biomass, animal waste, and landfill waste, breaks down. Methane is a powerful biogas that forms in landfills. It slowly builds as waste decays under soil and pressure. Methane from landfills is highly flammable, clean burning, and renewable. Power plants use methane to produce electricity. Methane biogas is also a valuable cooking and heating fuel. 40 Fuel for Thought Can elephant waste be our new big supply of biogas?