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Miscanthus research in Iowa

The Iowa State University is looking hard at Miscanthus as a potential biofuel feedstock , says the Des Moines Register. Miscanthus, on the other hand, holds the potential to make up to 2times as much ethanol per ton as corn. A University of Illinois study in 2005 showed that using corn or switchgrass...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-03-2008
A biofuels polemic from Huffington Post

If you are interested in the e nvironmental impact of biofuels in the US check this polemic on the Huffington Post . Makes some good points about the end to end efficiency of biofuels in the automotive sector. You can't comment on it there, so perhaps you'd like to do so here.

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2008
Why is Obama pro corn ethanol and McCain anti?

Those of you who have been following the biofuel positions of the two candidates McCain and Obama in the forthcoming US presidential elections may have wondered why the two men have taken the positions that they have. Ron Way examines the strange politics king makers in corn ethanol country in MinnPost...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008
Ethanol is great, (but not to popular technology)

Ethanol is great if you're standing for election in the US this year, says Popular Technology and then starts a balanced video about that . The nugget in the middle of this video is from the University of Minnesota: If the US converted all of its corn into ethanol for fuel it would equivalent to...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-12-2008
Louisana signs advanced biofuels law into being

Lousiana has signed the HB1270 Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative into law. It features the use of hydrous and anhydrous ethanol as a fuel blend stock that will be derived from plants grown in Lousiana (but not corn) and capable of producing 600gal/acre, with only one-third nitrogen input...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-15-2008
The high cost of corn in the US is choking off demand from ethanol producers

The high cost of corn in the US is choking off demand from ethanol producers, according to a report in the Des Moines Registe r. The report goes on to add that around 1.6bn bushels of corn will be left from last year's harvest compared to earlier forecasts of 1.4bn bushels.

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-15-2008
Biofuels and the whole of non-meat farming

Andy Posner, over on the Huffington Post raises some good questions about land use in a world where we're increasingly using biofuels. I suggest in a comment that perhaps a little high-fructose corn syrup should be fermented to ease the US obesity crisis. Fat chance of that happening then.

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-14-2008
Is the price of corn related to the price of crude?

Is the price of corn related to the price of crude? Many in the US ethanol business say that it isn't this chap isn't so sure...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
Kudzu as a biofuel crop?

I only ask the question whether Kudzu could be a cellulosic biofuel crop because I came across it on Corn is for Eatin , a blog post by David Esrati (who is standing for Congress ). Kudzu seems to have all the qualities that you need: it fixes nitrogen, grows about 30 cm/day and was declared a pest by...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-24-2008
A little on prices and speculation

There's an interesting piece on the effects of speculation on prices in the oil and corn markets in the US over on Donklephant, which is talking about Obama's Plan to Address Energy Trading . It is all right blaming the speculators in both markets, but if you take a position in a commodity then...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-23-2008

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