http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/ Helping the Earth with Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:18:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-21066 Kendall Linzee Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:44 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-21066 <p>I had a car that ran on 100% ethanol 22 years ago. $370 is all it takes to convert the average four cylinder engine. Higher compression ratio engines are better candidates. Autos made from the middle 1980's on have fuel system components that will not be harmed by running Ethanol. It's my understanding that field corn requires a lot less than other food crops. Newer tech autos are a great opportunity for car companies to keep you coming back to them and not more the more affordable independent auto repair shop. Ethanol works in Brazil because the wealthiest people own the sugar cane. If scientists would visit the work place, and workers would share a concern for making bio-fuel work. Then we can stop bandying about misinformation and hold Government responsible. If you can afford the new plug-in that isn't presently mass produced and like it that's great. I can't help thinking that our throw away economy will just continue. People will keep their plug-in or new "high-tech future machine" for fives years then just buy a new one. Natural resources can't keep up with our obsession with "new". My twenty year old Saab runs great on ethanol. Must be all that Socialist steel.</p> I had a car that ran on 100% ethanol 22 years ago.
$370 is all it takes to convert the average four cylinder engine. Higher compression ratio engines are better candidates. Autos made from the middle 1980’s on have fuel system components that will not be harmed by running Ethanol. It’s my understanding that field corn requires a lot less than other food crops. Newer tech autos are a great opportunity for car companies to keep you coming back to them and not more the more affordable independent auto repair shop. Ethanol works in Brazil because the wealthiest people own the sugar cane. If scientists would visit the work place, and workers would share a concern for making bio-fuel work. Then we can stop bandying about misinformation and hold Government responsible. If you can afford the new plug-in that isn’t presently mass produced and like it that’s great. I can’t help thinking that our throw away economy will just continue. People will keep their plug-in or new “high-tech future machine” for fives years then just buy a new one. Natural resources can’t keep up with our obsession with “new”. My twenty year old Saab runs great on ethanol. Must be all that Socialist steel.

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-5236 Ethanol Glut Puts Third Plant on Hold in as Many Months « Earth2Tech Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:03:25 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-5236 <p>[...] “market conditions” that these ethanol producers are referring to is the fact that the average price of ethanol has dropped some 30 percent since May, as market subsidies combined with a lack of infrastructure for its delivery and use have created a [...]</p> [...] “market conditions” that these ethanol producers are referring to is the fact that the average price of ethanol has dropped some 30 percent since May, as market subsidies combined with a lack of infrastructure for its delivery and use have created a [...]

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-2504 dan ritter Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:14:33 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-2504 <p>with the price of oil climbing and ethenol prices droping the time is ripe for home heating to be converted to ethenol heat. i ran my furnace on 80 % ethenol last year and saved a ton of cash and a ton of polutents i won't breathe in. Maybe there should be new markets opend in home heating with etheonl, that would keep the processors busy and the prices down in home heating. thanks dan ritter Shelton, Ct.</p> with the price of oil climbing and ethenol prices droping the time is ripe for home heating to be converted to ethenol heat. i ran my furnace on 80 % ethenol last year and saved a ton of cash and a ton of polutents i won’t breathe in. Maybe there should be new markets opend in home heating with etheonl, that would keep the processors busy and the prices down in home heating.
thanks dan ritter
Shelton, Ct.

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-2088 A Green Dilemma: Genetic Engineering for Biofuel Production « Earth2Tech Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:07:29 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-2088 <p>[...] And that’s why the Berkeley protestors, and those like them, matter. Biofuel crops, and not just corn used for ethanol, are produced using the same techniques as regular food crops. That means the pesticides, genetic [...]</p> [...] And that’s why the Berkeley protestors, and those like them, matter. Biofuel crops, and not just corn used for ethanol, are produced using the same techniques as regular food crops. That means the pesticides, genetic [...]

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-2070 Earth2Tech » Blog Archive » Biofuel Startup LS9 Raises $15M More Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:12:57 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-2070 <p>[...] that corn-based ethanol is looking more and more unsustainable — and is the latest media punching bag — it’s time to make way for the next generation of biofuel startups. LS9, a San Carlos, [...]</p> [...] that corn-based ethanol is looking more and more unsustainable — and is the latest media punching bag — it’s time to make way for the next generation of biofuel startups. LS9, a San Carlos, [...]

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-2069 Biofuel Startup LS9 Raises $15M More « Earth2Tech Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:26:35 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-2069 <p>[...] 5:24 pm in Startups Now that corn-based ethanol is looking more and more unsustainable — and is the latest media punching bag — it’s time to make way for the next generation of biofuel startups. LS9, a San Carlos, [...]</p> [...] 5:24 pm in Startups Now that corn-based ethanol is looking more and more unsustainable — and is the latest media punching bag — it’s time to make way for the next generation of biofuel startups. LS9, a San Carlos, [...]

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-1942 Latest Victim Of Ethanol Glut: BioTown, USA « Earth2Tech Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:49:57 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/01/corn-ethanol-boom-fading-but-get-ready-round-two/#comment-1942 <p>[...] got to hurt. VeraSun is referring to what we chronicled yesterday: an ethanol surplus has caused a drop in prices, which, combined with a spike in the price of corn, [...]</p> [...] got to hurt. VeraSun is referring to what we chronicled yesterday: an ethanol surplus has caused a drop in prices, which, combined with a spike in the price of corn, [...]

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