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Hybrid poplar
Switchgrass
Biggest Suppliers
Increase in Production
Making Ethanol From Seed
1. Grow and collect grain.
Ethanol
Energy Yield
Making Ethanol From Cellulosics:
Cell Wall Breakdown
Making Ethanol From Cellulosics
1. Collection, storage & transportation to refinery.
Algae
Jatropha tree
Palm oil
Camelina
Making Biodiesel
Waste Lye
Vegetable
Oil
Methoxide Methanol
Me
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ox
ide
Biodiesel Biodiesel
WVO Glycerin
For every unit of fossil energy used in the entire biodiesel production cycle,
3.2 units of energy are gained when the fuel is burned, or a
positive energy balance of 320 percent.
Pros: Energy Yield
Poplar trees
Soybean harvest
Price of Corn
Food vs. Fuel?