Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2011

The potential benefits of this research range from decreasing oil consumption to increasing options for American farmers. Goal: Identify natural genetic variation in switchgrass that correlates with lignocellulose-to-biofuel conversion qualities. Stephen Kresovich, University of South Carolina, Colombia.

South Carolina 239

South Carolina Production St. Louis Missouri 239

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

The use of compressed or liquefied natural gas as a fuel for vehicles could help to displace oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but to a limited extent because of the high cost of converting vehicles to use these fuels. That kind of substitution alone reduces those carbon emissions by a factor of three. —Ernest Moniz.

MIT 240

MIT Coal Gas Emissions 240

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2012

Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. Really the question is can the feedstocks be procured at a price competitive to petroleum oil. Earlier post.)

Renewable 247

Renewable Fuel Oil Diesel 247