Comments on: Dedicated Energy Crops Could Replace 30% of Gasoline: Ceres, Inc. Wants to Make it Happen http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/ 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. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:04:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David Robbins http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-132930 David Robbins Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:48:49 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-132930 Dedicated energy crops, like Switchgrass are promising for biofuel production. Our company focuses on Miscanthus Giganteus, because it is 2.5x the yield of Switchgrass and noninvasive. Miscanthus is a 20 year perrenial versus 7-10 with Switchgrass. With our technology, other crops, like sorghum, corn stover, hemp, etc. can be utilized and converted to allow for farming in the right environment and truck or rail shipped at high density. Check out our website at:www.eseusainc.com for more information. Dedicated energy crops, like Switchgrass are promising for biofuel production. Our company focuses on Miscanthus Giganteus, because it is 2.5x the yield of Switchgrass and noninvasive. Miscanthus is a 20 year perrenial versus 7-10 with Switchgrass. With our technology, other crops, like sorghum, corn stover, hemp, etc. can be utilized and converted to allow for farming in the right environment and truck or rail shipped at high density. Check out our website at:www.eseusainc.com for more information.

]]> By: Ethanol – the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Beautiful : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-4469 Ethanol – the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Beautiful : Gas 2.0 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:41:15 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-4469 [...] Reduced oil prices are good. We can go from good to great, if we move past fuel from food and haste to fuels from wood and waste. Although the economics do not yet favor major production, pilot plants are taking wood and paper waste and converting it to fuel. Other cellulosic material is even more promising. Some grasses , energy crops, and hybrid poplar trees promise zero-emission fuel sources. These plants absorb CO2 and sequester it in the soil with their deep root systems. These plants often grow in marginal lands needing little irrigation and no fertilizers and pesticides, standing in sharp contrast to the industrial agriculture that produces much of our fuel. (see Dedicated Energy Crops Could Replace 30% of Gasoline: Ceres, Inc. Wants to Make it Happen) [...] [...] Reduced oil prices are good. We can go from good to great, if we move past fuel from food and haste to fuels from wood and waste. Although the economics do not yet favor major production, pilot plants are taking wood and paper waste and converting it to fuel. Other cellulosic material is even more promising. Some grasses , energy crops, and hybrid poplar trees promise zero-emission fuel sources. These plants absorb CO2 and sequester it in the soil with their deep root systems. These plants often grow in marginal lands needing little irrigation and no fertilizers and pesticides, standing in sharp contrast to the industrial agriculture that produces much of our fuel. (see Dedicated Energy Crops Could Replace 30% of Gasoline: Ceres, Inc. Wants to Make it Happen) [...]

]]> By: Complete List of Cellulosic Ethanol Plants Operating or Under-Construction in the US : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-4468 Complete List of Cellulosic Ethanol Plants Operating or Under-Construction in the US : Gas 2.0 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:11:01 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-4468 [...] For more background on cellulosic ethanol, see: Dedicated Energy Crops Could Replace 30% of Gasoline. [...] [...] For more background on cellulosic ethanol, see: Dedicated Energy Crops Could Replace 30% of Gasoline. [...]

]]> By: Biofuels Are Becoming Important Options for Cleaner Transportation | Clean Fleet Report http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-4467 Biofuels Are Becoming Important Options for Cleaner Transportation | Clean Fleet Report Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:24:17 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-4467 [...] Dedicated U.S. Energy Crops Could Replace 30% of Gasoline [...] [...] Dedicated U.S. Energy Crops Could Replace 30% of Gasoline [...]

]]> By: R. Berke http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-4466 R. Berke Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:09:13 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-4466 What about the pencil plant or Milk Bush that is said to produce a product that can be refined into a close kin of gasoine. I hear that it is easily grown in rain forests, arid and marginal lands. I heard that the economics are very favorable and production doesn't impact on food. There are now a number of research and development projects ongoing around the world. (scientific name Euphorbia tirucalli). What about the pencil plant or Milk Bush that is said to produce a product that can be refined into a close kin of gasoine. I hear that it is easily grown in rain forests, arid and marginal lands. I heard that the economics are very favorable and production doesn’t impact on food. There are now a number of research and development projects ongoing around the world. (scientific name Euphorbia tirucalli).

]]> By: R. Berke http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-26220 R. Berke Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:09:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-26220 What about the pencil plant or Milk Bush that is said to produce a product that can be refined into a close kin of gasoine. I hear that it is easily grown in rain forests, arid and marginal lands. I heard that the economics are very favorable and production doesn't impact on food. There are now a number of research and development projects ongoing around the world. (scientific name Euphorbia tirucalli). What about the pencil plant or Milk Bush that is said to produce a product that can be refined into a close kin of gasoine. I hear that it is easily grown in rain forests, arid and marginal lands. I heard that the economics are very favorable and production doesn’t impact on food. There are now a number of research and development projects ongoing around the world. (scientific name Euphorbia tirucalli).

]]> By: R. Berke http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-26221 R. Berke Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:09:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-26221 What about the pencil plant or Milk Bush that is said to produce a product that can be refined into a close kin of gasoine. I hear that it is easily grown in rain forests, arid and marginal lands. I heard that the economics are very favorable and production doesn't impact on food. There are now a number of research and development projects ongoing around the world. (scientific name Euphorbia tirucalli). What about the pencil plant or Milk Bush that is said to produce a product that can be refined into a close kin of gasoine. I hear that it is easily grown in rain forests, arid and marginal lands. I heard that the economics are very favorable and production doesn’t impact on food. There are now a number of research and development projects ongoing around the world. (scientific name Euphorbia tirucalli).

]]> By: kulinarya http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-4465 kulinarya Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:35:17 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-4465 hi clayton, you said in an earlier post that you don't know of any algae-to-biodiesel plants that are economically viable. what about the petrosun plant you wrote about in march 08 though? is that just a demo plant or something? thanks hi clayton,

you said in an earlier post that you don’t know of any algae-to-biodiesel plants that are economically viable. what about the petrosun plant you wrote about in march 08 though? is that just a demo plant or something?

thanks

]]> By: kulinarya http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-26219 kulinarya Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:35:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-26219 hi clayton, you said in an earlier post that you don't know of any algae-to-biodiesel plants that are economically viable. what about the petrosun plant you wrote about in march 08 though? is that just a demo plant or something? thanks hi clayton,

you said in an earlier post that you don’t know of any algae-to-biodiesel plants that are economically viable. what about the petrosun plant you wrote about in march 08 though? is that just a demo plant or something?

thanks

]]> By: Clayton B. Cornell http://gas2.org/2008/08/01/dedicated-energy-crops-could-replace-30-of-gasoline-ceres-inc-wants-to-make-it-happen/#comment-4464 Clayton B. Cornell Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:50:55 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=763#comment-4464 Go Nuclear: For better or worse I'm not really getting paid for this. It just so happens that Ceres' talking points actually make sense. I'm pretty sure they don't want to be bought--they want to sell product, and they've already been doing plant genomics for 10 years, so I don't think you can fairly claim they're a disaster. I was in Thousand Oaks and toured their lab, that's why I wrote this article. Having spent some time in labs before, I can say that it was legit. Go Nuclear:

For better or worse I’m not really getting paid for this. It just so happens that Ceres’ talking points actually make sense. I’m pretty sure they don’t want to be bought–they want to sell product, and they’ve already been doing plant genomics for 10 years, so I don’t think you can fairly claim they’re a disaster. I was in Thousand Oaks and toured their lab, that’s why I wrote this article. Having spent some time in labs before, I can say that it was legit.

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