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Fuel your car with corn (or not)
Producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn and other crops is not worth the energy
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 12:16 AM on June 2, 2006
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Hello,
Does anyone know of an ethanol (existing or proposed) located in BC? My family owns a farm in vernon and were considering growing corn for fuel. I appreciate any response and thank you for your time.
Regards,
Daniel
Posted by: Daniel Pennell at June 5, 2006 6:05 PM
In response to Daniel Pennell's question, you might try contacting UBC's experts.
Dr Said S. E. H. Elnashaie in the Department of Chemical Engineering is an authority on bioethanol production, see:
http://faculty.chml.ubc.ca/nashaie/research.htm
In the Faculty of Forest Sciences, Dr Jack Saddler is working on the production of bioethanol from wood products. See:
http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/brchline/00dec/ws.htm
Posted by: qcronk at June 12, 2006 11:34 AM
