Comments on: GM’s New Biofuel Bet: Mascoma

By: Northwind Ethanol, another cellulosic startup, claims cheap production from retrofitted plants » VentureBeat

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:28:13 +0000

[...] the pack in developing partnerships with large multinationals and Washington. Both Coskata and Mascoma have partnerships with General Motors, while Range Fuels received a $76 million grant from the US Department of Energy. All three are [...]

By: BlueFire Get’s Approval for Waste-to-Ethanol Plant « Earth2Tech

BlueFire Get’s Approval for Waste-to-Ethanol Plant « Earth2Tech — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:40:35 +0000

[...] from mainstream media. The New York Times reports today that companies like DuPont and Genencor, General Motors, Honeywell and BP are investing in waste-to-fuel projects that are planned to come online in the [...]

By: Mascoma Backed by $61M and Big Oil Investor « Earth2Tech

Mascoma Backed by $61M and Big Oil Investor « Earth2Tech — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:50:31 +0000

[...] round of financing that included $10 million from Houston-based Marathon Oil. GM participated as we reported last week in this round as well as previous investors Khosla Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Atlas Venture, [...]

By: joe

joe — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:23:38 +0000

Great to see GM is investing on biofuels. There should be a social education to wake concience over citizens about these serious issues.

By: The My Carbon Stash Blog | Green Notes - 02 May 08

The My Carbon Stash Blog | Green Notes - 02 May 08 — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:08:07 +0000

[...] General Motors Corp is taking another stake in a company focused on developing ethanol from sources other than corn, the automaker said on Thursday. According to Mascoma, traditional methods used to unlock sugars from cellulosic materials include harsh mechanical or chemical pretreatment. This process opens up the feedstock so that enzymes can be added to finally set the sugars free. Mascoma, like Coskata, is backed by Khosla Ventures, making for two shared investors. [...]

By: Range Fuels ups earlier round to $166M, racing against Mascoma and Coskata » VentureBeat

Thu, 01 May 2008 22:08:05 +0000

[...] 40 million gallon per year plant. The other, Mascoma, has been less visible lately — but just today announced a partnership with General Motors, which also backs Coskata. The round was led by Passport, with participation from a passel of [...]

By: Rory Gawler

Rory Gawler — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:26:34 +0000

I'm so glad GM is really on board with this whole situation.

Developing the hybrid Suburban was a bold move in reducing our consumption of fossil resources.

Their ads on NPR are highly educative as well. When they say that they have millions of vehicles on the road "running on ethanol", they nicely demonstrate how easy it is to abuse grammar to greenwash their irresponsibility.

In the end, I don't blame them though. It's like blaming Wal Mart.

I blame all of us, including myself. I used to own a Suburban... I burned more diesel trying to get it to run on WVO than I would have if I had just bought an old Jetta. I'd hate to think the entire world has to learn this lesson the same way I did:

You don't need a big car.

It's true. I get more stuff in my matrix than I ever did in my suburban.... no fuel tank in the trunk, no pumps, etc...

Okay, I'm done.