http://earthsky.org/human-world/cellulose-promise-and-peril A Clear Voice for Science Thu, 24 May 2012 15:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://earthsky.org/human-world/cellulose-promise-and-peril/comment-page-1#comment-12289 jeremyshere Fri, 22 May 2009 19:19:18 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=5598#comment-12289 Industry is also involved, so cellulosic ethanol isn't entirely dependent on federal money. The 2008 initiative was a Bush administration program. It'll be interesting to see what happens under Obama. He certainly talks a good game when it comes to alternative energy. But it remains to be seen, in this economy, how much federal money actually does flow to center and universities working to develop cellulosic fuels. As I wrote in an earlier post, several companies are working with algae as an alternative to switchgrass and other more traditional cellulose sources. There's lot of money to be made in developing new fuels, so you'd think that we'll eventually get there. But it could take decades. Industry is also involved, so cellulosic ethanol isn’t entirely dependent on federal money. The 2008 initiative was a Bush administration program. It’ll be interesting to see what happens under Obama. He certainly talks a good game when it comes to alternative energy. But it remains to be seen, in this economy, how much federal money actually does flow to center and universities working to develop cellulosic fuels. As I wrote in an earlier post, several companies are working with algae as an alternative to switchgrass and other more traditional cellulose sources. There’s lot of money to be made in developing new fuels, so you’d think that we’ll eventually get there. But it could take decades.

]]> http://earthsky.org/human-world/cellulose-promise-and-peril/comment-page-1#comment-12288 Benjamin Napier Fri, 22 May 2009 18:59:36 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=5598#comment-12288 If the technology is dependent on federal tax dollars to succeed, it is a bust. If the technology is dependent on federal tax dollars to succeed, it is a bust.

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