Is Cellulosic Ethanol The Fuel Of The Future?
Now the Jaguar concept won't run on it, not without a little modification anyway, but there are plenty of other fuel analysts who are banking on vehicles of the future using Cellulosic Ethanol fuel. It's not some pipe-dream, either; SunOpta Inc. have recently signed a joint venture with GreenField Ethanol Inc. to manufacture the fuel on a commercial scale, using wood chips as the source material.
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The first plant is predicted to produce 10 million gallons of the stuff in its first year, with subsequent plants aiming for a 50 to 100 million gallon yield. Already people are making claims about the woods used becoming the preferred crop for agricultural areas, as Cellulosic Ethanol overtakes traditional fossil fuels.
