Corn priced at $3.46 a bushel. Ethanol production 3.5% aheadof 2013, estimate 14.1 biln gal for 2014

[Bill USA]

7. we should be making renewable fuels from any feedstock that is practical.

IF we actually had a plan to fight GW - for real, we would have required the auto manufacturers to build cars capable of handling blends of both ethanol AND methanol. THis would enable us to use methanol blended with gas in addition to ethanol. You can make methanol from many different feedstocks. Like, agricultural or forestry product waste materials. This would have enabled us to reach perhaps 20% to 30% of the light transportation fuel supply from ethanol and methanol far quicker than we can from ethanol alone.

We need to get much more of our fuel supply from renewable sources as quickly as possible to more effectively reduce the severity of GW (the opportunity of stopping it and turning it around is pretty much lost now. The best we can probably hope forn now is to slow it down a little until much more advanced technologies can be brought to bear on the problem (i.e. wind and solar powered planet). But it's going to get MUCH worse long before it get's better now.) Another reason rapid development of biofuels is important is for Energy security.

I actually haven't seen any analyses of hemp's productivity in making ethanol, but am interested in any potential source of renewable fuel. Keep in mind the efficiency of the process of growing and harvesting the feedstock is very important. But we should develop every biofuel feedstock that is practical!