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Produced from Carbon Dioxide

Harvested from plants and pre-processed from cellulose

Enzymes break cellulose down into sugars

Microbes ferment sugars into ethanol which is a Biofuel

used for cars, trucks, airplanes, etc which gives off Carbon Dioxide and the cycle repeats

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Vegetable oil or animal-fat based diesel consisting of long chain alkyl esters. Typically made by chemically reacting lipids.

Made from vegetable oils such as – peanut , oil palm , coconut , rapeseed, soybean, sunflower

Ethanol (ethyl alcohol), the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a transport fuel, mainly as a biofuel additive for gasoline.

A liquid produced by fermentation in which yeast metabolizes sugar, producing carbon dioxide and ethanol , usually made from a grain corn or a maize.

It is made from renewable resources.

It performs just as well as the normal diesel fuel.

Doesn’t require any radical changes to convert to a biofuel

Are cheaper than fossil fuels. Considered ‘carbon neutral',

therefore, they don’t contribute to global warming

Competition between running cars and feeding people.

Production can lead to environmental destruction. Ex. Brazil

Growing crops for biofuel doesn't absorb the fossil fuel emissions

Considerable carbon emissions from the coal/gas required during manufacturing process

The carbon dioxide they release when burnt is equal to the amount that the plants absorbed out of the atmosphere.

Their growth can leverage our existing agricultural capability

The products fit well in our existing energy transportation

Efficient Crops-

Sugar Beet (France) yields- 714

Sugarcane (Brazil) yields-662

Cassava Nigeria yields-410

Sweet Sorghum (India) yields-374

Corn (U.S.) yields-354

Wheat (France) yields-277

Corn is the most used crop in the U.S.

Corn Ethanol   Ethanol Usage /

WASDE Release Production Usage Production Farm Price

2006/7 10,535 2,117 20% $3.04

2007/8 13,074 3,000 23% $4.25- 4.45

2008/9 - May 12,125 4,000 33% $5.00- 6.00

2008/9 - June 11,735 4,000 34% $5.30- 6.30