The Sunday, November 28 DM Register Metro "Green Fields: Iowa Ag and Energy Report" by Philip Brasher and Dan Piller included an article:  "California rethinks ethanol regulations".  Good news for ethanol producers....The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is moving toward revising its analysis of the impact of corn ethanol on GHG emissions.  If adopted it would assure that corn ethanol from the Midwest could meet CA's new low-carbon fuel standard which takes effect in January.  CARB has previously estimated that corn ethanol resulted in as many if not more emissions as gasoline....Research at Purdue Univ. convinced the CARB staff that landuse impacts of corn ethanol had been overestimated--at issue is whether or not it leads to more land being converted to cropland.
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  From: Searles, Leland 
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  Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 2:32 PM
  Subject: Re: biomass, corn stover, and the new wave of synthetic biology


  I read this as yet more soil erosion and degradation, and yet more anhydrous production and use, with the net effect of turning a natural and complex system (soils) into an artificial and simple process for human benefit. I've gone so far as to suggest that these are major concerns to a big Iowa energy company that is investigating biomass and other means to reduce gases and pollutants from coal.

   

  Leland Searles

  From: Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Donna Buell
  Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 2:29 PM
  To: [log in to unmask]
  Subject: biomass, corn stover, and the new wave of synthetic biology

   

  Interesting discussion of the future of biomass -- be sure to listen to the audio discussion... see below.

  Donna

   

  From: Bruce Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>

  Date: December 6, 2010 12:47:20 PM CST

  To: Carl Pope <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]

  Subject: Interesting interview on biomass, corn stover, and the new wave of synthetic biology that poses risk to biodiversity with GM microbes to break down cellulose

   

    

         

               

                    It's bio-massive 
                    Ethanol is dead; all hail plant-based synthetic gasoline! [PODCAST] 
                    In Tom Philpott's latest podcast, he talks to Jim Thomas of ETC Group, his go-to source for cutting-edge information on the machinations of global agribusiness. Thomas blew Philpott's mind on the topic of ethanol and the "new biomass economy." Listen to the interview. 

                      
                   
             
       

   

   

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