Abstract
Despite confusion, turmoil, and controversy, the United States is rapidly developing firm foundations for large scale production of fuels from biomass. Although methane is produced from manures at relatively large demonstration plants, this gains little attention compared to processes that lead to liquid fuels that could relieve the U.S. dependence on imported oil. Ethanol from corn grain is losing its political appeal, and other, cheaper feedstocks are being sought. There are several distinct processes being developed for lignocellulosic materials with a main difference being the type of pretreatment that permits good hydrolysis to degradable sugars. Byproduct credits and energy-efficient processes make it very likely that fuels from biomass will cost considerably less than imported oil, and it will be profitable to establish a massive new fuels industry.
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Bungay, H.R. (1981). Biochemical engineering for fuel production in the United States. In: Bioenergy. Advances in Biochemical Engineering, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-11018-6_1
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