The New York Times By Henry Fountain March 2, 2010
Making ethanol from corn is easy since the corn's sugars are already fermented into alcohol. But what is esentially a food crop to produce fuel has been criticized as a misuse of resources and it can harm both the agriculture and the environment. It's better to make cellusoic ethanol from leaves and stalks or other crop waste. The ongoing process uses lignocellulose which is the basic material of all plands and the most abundant compound in our planet today.
Fountain makes known that lignocellulose is a valuable compound found in our planet today. These compounds are making us realize that there are other ways to make ethanol. The ideas are getting more pronounced.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/science/09obethanol.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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