We have all heard of ethanol.  And we have all heard of how ethanol is a good alternative to straight fuel.  What if you can’t get ethanol in your community?  There are many who still can’t.  One way around this, especially if you own a farm, is to purchase your own ethanol production equipment.  Unlike [...]

More and more consumers have recognized it’s time to drive green. According to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Californians drive 825 million miles every day — in cars producing 5.4 million tons of smog pollutants daily. To combat this, automakers have made great strides recently to develop cleaner, more affordable cars that pollute less [...]

With all the talk about how good alternative fuels are, especially ethanol, questions about the overall effectiveness and efficiency have risen.  Ethanol production efficiency has been questioned concerning its cost and energy savings.  One serious problem that seems to continue arising is the fact that ethanol refineries need natural gas, or coal, to run the [...]

With all the news about ethanol and other alternative fuels being a cheaper way to run our cars these days, a strong future consideration should be given to ethanol production costs.  In a business model, production costs are always considered to obtain the end price; and if production costs increase, the final price must also [...]

When thinking of a company that produces Ethanol, you are probably thinking of some small unknown company sitting in the middle of corn fields pumping out fuel.  Yes it is true that many production refineries are in the corn belt of the US, mainly Iowa and Indiana.  But at least half of the US production [...]

Cellulosic ethanol production is a different way to produce Ethanol from the more common corn or sugarcane methods.  cellulosic ethanol production uses cellulose, or inedible plant fibers.  Various fibers such as those from wood pulp, switchgrass, along with any other biodegradable fiber can be used for this process.  There is an effort by some environmental [...]

Brief Overview of Ethanol
With an ever increased focus on alternatives fuels to petroleum and its effects on the planet, the mass production of Ethanol has helped create an entire industry around it, hence the named industry.  What is Ethanol?  Industry definitions say that Ethanol is made from starch crops, such as grain and corn, when [...]