From Wired:
On a blackboard, it looks so simple: Take a plant and extract the cellulose. Add some enzymes and convert the cellulose molecules into sugars. Ferment the sugar into alcohol. Then distill the alcohol into fuel. One, two, three, four — and we're powering our cars with lawn cuttings, wood chips, and prairie grasses instead of Middle East oil. Unfortunately, passing chemistry class doesn't mean acing economics.Good line, huh? Here's more:
Trace the fortunes of cellulosic ethanol over the past three decades and you'll find that the arc almost perfectly mirrors Lee Lynd's career. The 49-year-old Dartmouth professor started in a compost heap in the 1970s...MORE
HT: Renewable Energy Law Blog
