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The Slow Decline Of Biofuels - Corn Stover Inclusion Won't Help
2014-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science 2.0: Biofuels - ethanol - were trumpeted as being a renewable alternative to fossil fuels for decades. Finally, in 2005, it got the mandates and subsidies environmentalists insisted were necessary to make inroads against a mature industry like petroleum. Immediately, what scientists knew became evident - they were more resource intensive to produce, were no better for emissions, and subsidies insured there was no reason to get more efficient. Worse, the gold rush of government money drove up corn prices,...
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Study casts doubt on climate benefit of biofuels from corn residue
2014-04-20 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change. The findings by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers cast doubt on whether corn residue can be used to meet federal mandates to ramp up ethanol production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Corn stover-the stalks, leaves and cobs in cornfields after harvest-has been considered...
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DOE issues draft loan solicitation for up to $4B for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects; drop-in biofuels a key area
2014-04-16 16:30:21| Green Car Congress
DOE to issue funding opportunity for biological and chemical upgrading of biomass intermediates to advanced biofuels
2014-04-09 12:30:35| Green Car Congress
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Researchers engineer poplar trees for easier degradation of lignin to ease production of biofuels
2014-04-04 16:30:34| Green Car Congress
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