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Bio-fuel Can Replace 30% Of USA’s Oil Demand Says GM
By Mr Ethanol | May 29, 2007
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A major step toward diversifying U.S. transportation energy supply is as close as the unused corn stalks from this season’s harvest, the waste from lumber mills, native prairie grasses, or even your lawn clippings.
These and other non-food plant materials can be cost-effectively turned into cellulosic ethanol, which can greatly reduce oil consumption and global warming at the same time.
In fact, cellulosic ethanol – combined with the billions of gallons of corn-based ethanol already produced today – could potentially replace up to 30 percent of this nation’s demand for energy by the year 2030, according to National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Based on projections from biomass researchers, including Bruce E. Dale, director of the Biomass Conversion Research Laboratory at Michigan State University, cellulosic ethanol could be produced for $1.30 a gallon in the near future and around $1 a gallon by 2020. Both grain-based ethanol and biomass ethanol reduce greenhouse gas emissions — 29 percent for ethanol and 86 percent for cellulosic ethanol, according to Argonne National Labs.
GM representatives gathered with industry experts and media at the U.S. Bio Woodbury Ethanol Plant to highlight the need for achieving greater energy diversity and to discuss the vital role that both cellulosic and corn-based ethanol can play in transitioning away from oil.
“Biofuels, such as E85 ethanol, gives consumers a real choice at the pump – a choice beyond ‘regular,’ ‘midgrade’ or ‘premium,’ said Tom Stephens, group vice president, GM Global Powertrain and Quality. “We believe that ethanol has the greatest near-term potential to displace petroleum, and that is why we are committed to working with government, academia, and industry to promote both supply and availability.”
“We also support advances in research to commercialize and increase ethanol production through cellulosic energy sources,” Stephens said.
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