Comments on: 2015: 30% of US Corn Harvest Will Be Gasoline http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clean_Burning http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1386 Clean_Burning Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:18:52 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1386 In a 2005 study addressing ethanol’s potential as a fuel alternative, David Pimentel, professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University stated that, "Ethanol production in the United States does not benefit the nation's energy security, its agriculture, the economy or the environment." Natural gas is the practical bridge to sustainable energy because 98% of it is in North America RIGHT NOW. What's more, according to the Natural Gas Supply Association, reserves point to at least a 60-year supply. As the cleanest burning fuel available, Natural Gas emits little to no particulate matter. However, large-scale production of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel requires a considerable amount of cropland, which leads to soil erosion on a massive scale. In a 2005 study addressing ethanol’s potential as a fuel alternative, David Pimentel, professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University stated that, “Ethanol production in the United States does not benefit the nation’s energy security, its agriculture, the economy or the environment.”

Natural gas is the practical bridge to sustainable energy because 98% of it is in North America RIGHT NOW. What’s more, according to the Natural Gas Supply Association, reserves point to at least a 60-year supply. As the cleanest burning fuel available, Natural Gas emits little to no particulate matter. However, large-scale production of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel requires a considerable amount of cropland, which leads to soil erosion on a massive scale.

]]> By: Clean_Burning http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-23069 Clean_Burning Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:18:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-23069 In a 2005 study addressing ethanol’s potential as a fuel alternative, David Pimentel, professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University stated that, "Ethanol production in the United States does not benefit the nation's energy security, its agriculture, the economy or the environment." Natural gas is the practical bridge to sustainable energy because 98% of it is in North America RIGHT NOW. What's more, according to the Natural Gas Supply Association, reserves point to at least a 60-year supply. As the cleanest burning fuel available, Natural Gas emits little to no particulate matter. However, large-scale production of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel requires a considerable amount of cropland, which leads to soil erosion on a massive scale. In a 2005 study addressing ethanol’s potential as a fuel alternative, David Pimentel, professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University stated that, “Ethanol production in the United States does not benefit the nation’s energy security, its agriculture, the economy or the environment.”

Natural gas is the practical bridge to sustainable energy because 98% of it is in North America RIGHT NOW. What’s more, according to the Natural Gas Supply Association, reserves point to at least a 60-year supply. As the cleanest burning fuel available, Natural Gas emits little to no particulate matter. However, large-scale production of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel requires a considerable amount of cropland, which leads to soil erosion on a massive scale.

]]> By: CleanTech Biofuels to Turn Dirty Diapers Into Ethanol : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1385 CleanTech Biofuels to Turn Dirty Diapers Into Ethanol : Gas 2.0 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:54:05 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1385 [...] 2015: 30% of US Corn Harvest Will Be Gasoline [...] [...] 2015: 30% of US Corn Harvest Will Be Gasoline [...]

]]> By: Ethanol Use in US and Brazil Rises Sharply : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1384 Ethanol Use in US and Brazil Rises Sharply : Gas 2.0 Thu, 22 May 2008 16:45:42 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1384 [...] the US, on the other hand, ethanol still does not play such a prominent role, even though 23.7% of the annual corn crop is going to create biofuels. The market share that ethanol commands in the US will likely only [...] [...] the US, on the other hand, ethanol still does not play such a prominent role, even though 23.7% of the annual corn crop is going to create biofuels. The market share that ethanol commands in the US will likely only [...]

]]> By: Biodiesel Myth (Or Fact?) #23: Biodiesel is Raising Food Prices : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1383 Biodiesel Myth (Or Fact?) #23: Biodiesel is Raising Food Prices : Gas 2.0 Thu, 22 May 2008 16:39:35 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1383 [...] would also wager that corn-based ethanol, which will require about 30% of the US corn harvest by 2015, is a much bigger culprit than soy-based biodiesel if either one is significantly contributing to [...] [...] would also wager that corn-based ethanol, which will require about 30% of the US corn harvest by 2015, is a much bigger culprit than soy-based biodiesel if either one is significantly contributing to [...]

]]> By: Green Gasoline? Scientists Produce $1/Gallon Gasoline From Non-Food Plant Material : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1382 Green Gasoline? Scientists Produce $1/Gallon Gasoline From Non-Food Plant Material : Gas 2.0 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:07:27 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1382 [...] This process could provide a less-energy intensive alternative to standard ethanol production—the fuel which, like it or not, the US is currently banking on to carry it into the foreseeable future (don’t believe this? see my last post). [...] [...] This process could provide a less-energy intensive alternative to standard ethanol production—the fuel which, like it or not, the US is currently banking on to carry it into the foreseeable future (don’t believe this? see my last post). [...]

]]> By: Uncle B http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1381 Uncle B Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:47:16 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1381 Off the American back-side and into America's gas-tanks! Great! Off the American back-side and into America’s gas-tanks! Great!

]]> By: Uncle B http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-23068 Uncle B Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:47:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-23068 Off the American back-side and into America's gas-tanks! Great! Off the American back-side and into America’s gas-tanks! Great!

]]> By: Which is Worse: Exporting $1 Billion Per Week or Growing Fuel? : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1380 Which is Worse: Exporting $1 Billion Per Week or Growing Fuel? : Gas 2.0 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:58:48 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1380 [...] no doubt that growing corn-based ethanol has some serious problems: the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, controversy over increasing food [...] [...] no doubt that growing corn-based ethanol has some serious problems: the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, controversy over increasing food [...]

]]> By: Aron http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1379 Aron Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:51:46 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/2015-30-of-us-corn-harvest-will-be-gasoline/#comment-1379 The waistlines of the USA could do with less of our food being made from corn. The problem isn't that we won't have enough corn to eat it's that cropland used for other crops will be converted to corn to feed our desire for junk food *AND* our desire to drive and get it. The waistlines of the USA could do with less of our food being made from corn. The problem isn’t that we won’t have enough corn to eat it’s that cropland used for other crops will be converted to corn to feed our desire for junk food *AND* our desire to drive and get it.

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