The False Promise of Biofuels

摘要: The article examines the difficulties of producing commercially viable biomass fuels, which have led to failure alternative fuel companies including Range Fuel, Cilion, and Ethanex Energy. While corn ethanol seemed be a solution U.S. oil dependency climate change, it has not yet been produced in sufficient quantities. Other sources biofuel considered, but according is difficult convert cellulose plants corn, grass, trees into ethanol, oil-producing algae grown amounts, engineer microorganisms that excrete hydrocarbons requires highly sophisticated genetics. concludes breakthroughs field are still possible. INSET: IN BRIEF.