The high price of cellulosic biofuels from cellulose, corn stalks basically, is some way off. This story from Reuters and found on Planet Ark explains why, and why it may not be such a good thing for farmers or food production. Quoting from the report:
The US Department of Energy has estimated the cost of producing a gallon of cellulosic ethanol is about US$2.20 per gallon, about twice the cost of producing ethanol from corn.
While Martha Schlicher of Renewable Agricultural Energy, who should be pretty pro this sort of thing says...
Farmers have a narrow window to harvest corn for grain. A second harvest to cut stalks and leaves would not only take more time but could hurt future yield potential by compacting soils and removing potential nutrients
Technorati Tags: America, bioethanol, biofuel, Corn, Wheat
Comments (4)
Can I ask the accurate price of biofuel per barrel now?
Posted by jerry | July 29, 2008 6:58 AM
Posted on July 29, 2008 06:58
It depends where you are and what volume you're buying, I should think.
Posted by Simon Robinson
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July 29, 2008 3:19 PM
Posted on July 29, 2008 15:19
I know that Simon frowns on blatant promotion on his blog, but worth mentioning that ICIS published biofuel prices here www.icispricing.com.
Posted by Widmerpool | July 29, 2008 3:34 PM
Posted on July 29, 2008 15:34
That's right I work for ICIS http://www.icis.com/StaticPages/AboutUs.htm. ICIS produces biofuel pricing information covering a number of locations around the globe.
Posted by Simon Robinson
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July 29, 2008 3:44 PM
Posted on July 29, 2008 15:44