Comments on: Cellulosic Ethanol Close to Commercial http://domesticfuel.com/2008/08/25/cellulosic-ethanol-close-to-commercial/ Alternative Fuel News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:31:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Kovnat http://domesticfuel.com/2008/08/25/cellulosic-ethanol-close-to-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-93867 Alex Kovnat Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:01:36 +0000 http://domesticfuel.com/?p=5826#comment-93867 First, having been interested in energy and automotive issues for upwards of 50 years (since I was a sub-adolescent), I am delighted to hear that cellulosic ethanol plants are being built. Now I would like to share with readers some concerns that I have, which I hope will be amenable to solutions other than giving up. First, is the matter of getting biomass to cellulosic ethanol production plants. My favorite lament, as I go about my life traveling here and there, is: "Biomass, biomass, biomass everywhere, but how do we harvest it and transport it to where we can process it into ethanol and other useful products?" And now, I would like to bring up another potential problem which I hope will not turn into a show-stopper: If we were to have cellulosic ethanol production plants in every town, we may end up with one heck of an alcohol abuse problem! I don't want this to be a showstopper, but we do need to think about it so we can develop solutions. First, having been interested in energy and automotive issues for upwards of 50 years (since I was a sub-adolescent), I am delighted to hear that cellulosic ethanol plants are being built.

Now I would like to share with readers some concerns that I have, which I hope will be amenable to solutions other than giving up.

First, is the matter of getting biomass to cellulosic ethanol production plants. My favorite lament, as I go about my life traveling here and there, is: “Biomass, biomass, biomass everywhere, but how do we harvest it and transport it to where we can process it into ethanol and other useful products?”

And now, I would like to bring up another potential problem which I hope will not turn into a show-stopper: If we were to have cellulosic ethanol production plants in every town, we may end up with one heck of an alcohol abuse problem! I don’t want this to be a showstopper, but we do need to think about it so we can develop solutions.

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