Post Date - December 9th 2007 06:12 am | 6 months 26 days ago
Its requires 1/3 as much water as sugarcane, and can be harvested 2x/yr. Sugarcane is propagated from stem cuttings (4.5-6 tons/ha), sweet sorghum is sown with seed (4.5 kg/ha). It produces up to 7,000 litres/ha of ethanol.
Post Date - December 8th 2007 04:12 am | 6 months 27 days ago
Federal and state subsidies for ethanol in 2006 were somewhere between $5.1 billion and $6.8 billion. That could soon jump to $8.7 billion annually, according to a study by the IISD.
Post Date - December 8th 2007 04:12 am | 6 months 27 days ago
It's "the right time" to discuss ... avoid[ing] the consolidation of the market distortions that in the future will be more difficult to correct a consultant with the FAO Regional Office for L.A.&C told Tierramérica.
Post Date - November 24th 2007 09:11 am | 7 months 9 days ago
Rowth of the corn ethanol industry in California is fraught with unintended consequences, none of which are beneficial to the economy or the environment of the state.
Post Date - November 23rd 2007 09:11 am | 7 months 10 days ago
So long as we use a significant amount of oil, regardless of where it's produced, we remain aboard the cost roller coaster. When the price of Middle Eastern oil soars, it takes the price of domestic crude along for the ride.
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