| We live in a society that has made it easy for us to | | | | about globally and it is one that can potentially solve |
| develop very bad energy consumption habits. We | | | | our future energy crisis. Cellulosic ethanol is an |
| have been spoiled over the last 50 years because of | | | | advanced type of biofuel that is made from the |
| the fact that oil from fossil fuels is a very rich energy | | | | different parts of plants and trees that are not |
| source, but the problem is that it is not a renewable | | | | edible.cellulosic ethanol is made mainly from |
| energy source and therefore it will run out one day in | | | | Lignocellulose, which makes up almost all of the mass |
| the near future. We got a little glimpse of what a | | | | of vegetation and it is mainly made up of three |
| shortage of oil can do to us as a nation last summer | | | | different types of cellulose. Woodchips are an |
| when gasoline prices went over $4.50 a gallon. Now | | | | example of material that can be used to make |
| this was just a temporary shortage. Imagine what will | | | | cellulosic ethanol, and it can be found all around us in |
| happen when we are close to using up the global oil | | | | abundance. When we cut our lawn and trimming |
| supply. President Obama, has started to earmark | | | | trees with chips or byproduct of this, so instead of |
| millions of dollars towards research on alternative | | | | throwing these woodchips away we can use them in |
| energies . In this article we will take a look at some | | | | the future to create cellulosic ethanol. Another great |
| alternative energies that continue to show promise. | | | | benefit of this type of fuel is that it has been proven |
| Ethanol is a pretty good alternative energy fuel | | | | to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 85% |
| source and it is already being used in a few foreign | | | | compared to conventional gasoline fuel, and this is |
| countries. Brazil for example, powers most of the | | | | something that regular ethanol fuel cannot even |
| vehicles in its country of ethanol fuel and while it is a | | | | come close to matching. |
| very green energy since it is made from corn and | | | | The only drawback to this alternative fuel is that it |
| other farm sugars it can really exhaust the global | | | | takes a lot more processing to get it to the end |
| food supply really fast if we do not have ways to | | | | result of becoming an actual fuel source. If our |
| manufacture it on a large scale. There must be | | | | government really get serious about this and pours in |
| another alternative fuel source which is readily | | | | billions of dollars into this research they cut down the |
| available that we really don't depend on as our main | | | | processing steps which will enable us to make this a |
| food sustenance. | | | | readily available global alternative fuel. Let's hope the |
| Cellulosic ethanol is one of the most exciting | | | | Obama administration lives up to its promise of |
| advanced ethanol fuel sources that is being talked | | | | funding these alternative fuel sources. |