SoCal company claims biomass to gasoline breakthrough (Montclair: university, subsidized)

[18Montclair]

Very interesting.

And to think I had a giant miscanthus removed from my front yard when I bought this house. LOL.

Cool Planet BioFuels, Camarilla, Calif., announced that it has made a major breakthrough in converting biomass to gasoline. The Company achieved 4,000 gallons/acre biomass to gasoline conversion in pilot testing using giant miscanthus, an advanced bioenergy crop.

Gasoline has about one and a half times the energy of ethanol, so this is about twelve times more yield than current corn ethanol production levels.
The giant miscanthus was developed at the University of Mississippi and provided from a high yield plot by Repreve Renewables. Other advanced bio-energy crops, such as sorghum and switch grass, can provide similar annual yields using this new process...

California company claims biomass to gasoline breakthrough | Management content from Western Farm Press

Their corporate website: CoolPlanet | Contact

[sunshine7793]

Add up all of this nonsense like solar, wind, biomass and the rest of the taxpayer money-down-the-toilet programs for "green" energy and they do not fill even 1% of our energy needs. Lot of noise over nothing.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by sunshine7793

Add up all of this nonsense like solar, wind, biomass and the rest of the taxpayer money-down-the-toilet programs for "green" energy and they do not fill even 1% of our energy needs. Lot of noise over nothing.

Sure. That's why CA companies attracted 5 billion dollars in green-tech venture captial last year alone

California leads the nation in green-tech venture capital funding | Directorship | Boardroom Intelligence

If only we could harness the cynicism of our residents.

[DMenscha]

Well let's see. 4000 gallons per acre=95 barrels of oil/acre. Seems like a whole bunch of land is going to be necessary to make even the smallest dent. Miscanthus can also only really be harvested once a year.

I'd love to see biomass fuel succeed and at least this is a crop that doesn't have a food value like corn.

[sunshine7793]

Can't even read your own article. It's not $5 billion (for CA) as you say. Sure venture money will follow whenever the government is willing to subsidize an industry. Take away the taxpayer subsidies and the green industry disappears overnight.

[Dean Trails]

[quote=18Montclair;23111504]Very interesting.

And to think I had a giant miscanthus removed from my front yard when I bought this house. LOL.

Hate to burst you hydogen bubble,,but these claims surface all the time. Algae to replace gasoline,,carpet beetles wonderful gas replacement,,Corn!!!! not just for tortillas any more?

Until the Miscanthus Service station opens on my block i will either scooter or walk my way around the town.

[Bulldogdad]

Get back to me in about 100 years. That's at least how long its going to take to come up with something to completely replace oil.

Unless your Mayan and then anything past December doesn't count.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by sunshine7793

Can't even read your own article. It's not $5 billion (for CA) as you say. Sure venture money will follow whenever the government is willing to subsidize an industry. Take away the taxpayer subsidies and the green industry disappears overnight.

Thanks for catching that. Its $2.8 billion, just to CA in '11.

The oil industry isn't massively subsidized? Or is that just part of the furniture at this point?

[nslander]

Originally Posted by Bulldogdad

Get back to me in about 100 years. That's at least how long its going to take to come up with something to completely replace oil.

Unless your Mayan and then anything past December doesn't count.

Why is completely replace the expectation?

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Forget all this. The only decent possibility is algal mass.