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RE: Can petrol engines run on alcohol? Lets find out!
This is a really nice read. I was having a question a first but I found the answer in the body of the post. Wouldn't it compete with human for food and hence increasing the price. But I've gotten the answer.
One thing I think will work tho. What if instead of using the food part of the plant for the production of bioethanol, we can make use of the stem, the leaves, the roots... They should contain some percentage of CHO which will be all that is needed for the fermentation. Maybe not as efficient as that of the food part but a good alternative.
you are right about that. other parts of the plants can also be used as feedstock, even biomass.
Take corn for example, the other parts of the plant apart from the grain are not as high in starch and thus would not be an economical option in the case of large scale production. although research is being done to device how to convert cellulose (which those other parts are mainly made of) to ethanol.
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Thanks for the response. I'm sure it will soon be a reality and also a great breakthrough to convert cellulose.