Funding approved for UF cellulosic ethanol pilot plant

There is much legitimate concern about the use of corn to produce ethanol: diversion of food sources, higher corn prices, continued use of water damaging fertilizers, energy-in versus energy-out. A professor at UF has developed and patented a technology to produce ethanol from yard trimmings, sugar cane waste and orange pulp. The governor and legislature have set in motion a revolutionary technology. Read More…

- Sam Kendall

One Response to “Funding approved for UF cellulosic ethanol pilot plant”

  1. Luis Says:

    Great post!

    If the economics don’t work, recycling efforts won’t either.
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