Ethanol's Production Problem
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Growing capacity could break the heart of ethanol investors.
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Plans to make cars greener by using fuel made from crops and animal fat are in doubt
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Ethanol demand has doubled corn prices, making it more profitable than agave.
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The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday
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U.S. scientists have transformed sugar into a liquid transportation fuel they say has a 40 percent greater energy density than ethanol.
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By CHRIS YOUNG OUTDOORS EDITOR  The push to produce more renewable fuels such as ethanol has to be about the best news for corn growers since Henry Wallace introduced hybrid varieties in the 1920s.
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By Anonymous  Ethanol may not be the healthiest solution to the atmospheric pollution problem after all, according to a recent study from Stanford University. A computer model simulated U.S. air quality in 2020, when ethanol-fueled vehicles are expected to be widely available.
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By DIRK LAMMERS SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - President Bush's proposed budget would put a land conservation program that protects some 35 million acres on hold in favor of boosting corn production to meet the growing demand for ethanol.
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Sequencing of the poplar tree may lead to cheaper, more plentiful biofuels.
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Germany taxes, rather than subsidizes, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.
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Demand for ethanol has been a boon for corn farmers and small production plants, but DuPont wants to bring in a billion bucks from improving ethanol efficiency. Plus: Car buyers still vote  SUVs most popular. In Autopia.
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New research shows that prairie grasses grown using only moderate amounts of fertilizer on marginal land can produce significant amounts of ethanol
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Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum--I'm the million dollar microbe
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The government awarded $385 million in grants last week aimed at jumpstarting ethanol production from nontraditional sources like wood chips, switchgrass and citrus peels. What's surprising is that half of the six projects chosen will use a process first discovered almost a century ago to turn coal into a gas.
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Fools share their thoughts on ethanol and energy.
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Blog: Talk all you want about ethanol and hydrogen, the car industry seems to have already picked its "alternative" fuel.
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America is drunk on ethanol. Farmers in the Midwest are sending billions of bushels of corn to refineries that turn it into billions of gallons of fuel. Automakers in Detroit have already built millions of cars, trucks and SUVs that can run on it, and are committed to making millions more. In Washington, politicians have approved generous subsidies for companies that make ethanol.