Community | April 08, 2008 | 1 comment

Ethanol a scam? Damn it all try Butanol

source: http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/2006/05/bio-butanol.html

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An article about how many more btus we can use from butanol compared to ethanol. How butanol is more stable meaning less evaporative, more efficient to produce, and doesn't require a strain on the corn production. Ethanol isn't a realistic solution to gasoline. Butanol is just another alternative like so many circulating but seems to be better than ethanol. The article mentions butanol being produced from petroleum but thats just one source like ethanol it can be produced from eco friendly biomass. Instead of corn how about algae it produces more oil hands down and won't effect our food. As a community we must stress corn is not the answer a start for some to think about but not close to a solution. Overall butanol is better than ethanol. As stated in the url its less toxic than methanol but more toxic than ethanol. Ethanol just as butanol can be made from an abundance of sources instead of a mainstay for almost any society (example corn). A whole other arguement is hydrogen its a by product from many things just as gasoline used to be a by product of kerosene. Me personally I feel it's necessary to see all sides so do your own research and put gasoline behind us. Oh and just to add what ever happened to all the alternative energy incentives/tax breaks? Reagan? Oil company lobbyist? or did Carter just put solar panels on the White House for publicity? Check out http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Biodiesel_from_Algae_Oil,
http://www.butanol.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/10/world/americas/10brazil.html?_r=2&oref=slo...
http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=149057
also the department of energy website has alot.
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