Biofuel

Cyrus & Annie M.

Manure

• Animal waste can be converted into energy through the process of anaerobic digestion (AD). AD converts organic matter to biogas in the absence of oxygen.

• Biogas can be used just as natural gas to produce heat and produce electricity.

What’s the World Doing?

• The UK has 30 plants that convert animal waste to biogas.

• Germany has 4,000.

• 30% of educated German women are choosing not to have children.

Corn and Grains

• Ethanol is made by the fermentation of foods like corn or grains.

• Already, ethanol has become an additive in fuel as it boosts octane and reduces gas prices. Some places provide gasoline that is up to 10% ethanol

• Using ethanol solely as an additive however, won’t replace foreign oil dependency unless Americans begin to use E85—fuel that consists of 85% ethanol and 15 percent gas.

• Of the 170,000 gas stations in America, on 650 provide E85.

• There is also the possibility of conventional cars becoming damaged from E85 use.

What's the World Doing?

• United States planned to double its use of grain harvest for ethanol from 16% of the 2006 crop to 30% of the 2008 crop

• United States surpassed brazil in 2005 as the world’s leading ethanol producer

• Brazil is now converting ½ of its sugar cane to ethanol as the largest sugar producer and exporter.

In 2006…

• Europe produced 1.2 billion gallons of biodiesel from vegetable oil– & 417 million gallons of ethanol& 417 million gallons of ethanol

• China converted 4 million tons of grain to Ethanol

Some worry…

• That ethanol turns from one resource’s depletion to the next.

• The United States planned to double its grain harvest for ethanol fuel from 16% of the 2006 crop to 30% of the 2008 crop.

• China has already had reduced harvests due to water shortages.– China converted 4 million tons of grain anyway.

Bibliography

• Plan B 3.0 book• http://www.thebioenergysite.com/news/2417/

value -or-manure-both-fertilser-and-biofuel...• http://chevron.com/deliveringenergy/biofuels/?gc

lid=CJOBvc70...

• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/04/60minutes/main1588659.shtml

• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/04/60minutes/main1588659.shtml

• http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/18218/nist-crude-oil-from-pig-manure

&& Pictures

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/teppo/2460426311/in/photostream/

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• http://www.cartuningcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/gas-pump.jpg