Ethanol production could provide Americans with an alternative
fuel supply while boosting the national’s agricultural
biotech industry.
“If America is to deal with the problem of high
fuel prices, we must develop and scale up a less expensive
domestic fuel supply, and ethanol is the best, most readily
available solution,” said Jim Greenwood, president
and CEO of Biotechnology Industry Organization.
“Most people are not aware that biotechnology
now offers ways to dramatically increase ethanol production
and bring down fuel prices,” Greenwood said in
response to rising fuel costs.
Ethanol from corn currently contributes over 4 billion
gallons to the fuel supply every year. Greenwood said
the industry could produce upwards of 70 billion gallons
of ethanol each year to met fuel demands through newly
developed enzymes than can covert cellulose from agricultural
crops and plant matter to sugars that are fermented into
ethanol.
“Agricultural crops and plant matter containing
cellulose are an untapped reservoir of energy that is
abundantly available throughout the United States,” Greenwood
said.
According to information from BIO, biotech processes
already being used today could produce ethanol from cellulose
for less than $1.60 a gallon compared to refined petroleum
currently costing as much as $2.60 per gallon (prior
to state and federal taxes).
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