From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 09:33:56 MDT
In a message dated 6/11/2001 2:14:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
spike66@attglobal.net writes:
<< Crimonies! They dont like oil, they dont like nuclear, they dont
wind power, they dont like alcohol. But this is the one that
made me howl with dirisive laughter:
Q: Is it harmful to humans?
A: Ethanol, an alcohol, is toxic to humans, but the body begins to
dispose of it immediately upon consumption.
I found nothing in the article that explains to Joe SixPack that
this is the exact stuff that is in his Bud-Lite. spike >>
>From what I have read, the University of Colorado at Boulder has had some
success with converting cellulose from any plant source, not just corn or soy
crops, and thus reduces the over-all cost of producing ethanol. Ethanol from
corn or soy normal gets converted to a powder first before it gets converted
into fuel ethanol. The U of Colorado method appears to eliminate this step,
plus has the advantage of producing the ethanol fuel from such materials as
wood by-products (which traditionally are converted to methanol-wood
alcohol).
The method used by the scientists is based on bio-reactions of bacteria taken
from Yellowstone National Park. These hydrothermal-loving bacteria are used
to convert all forms of cellulose into fuel methanol. This need to be looked
at seriously, to see if it can be up-scaled into industrial production of a
trillion gallons, rather then a laboratory, curiosity.
Mitch
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