Written on July 3, 2009.
Midwest AGnet reports that the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard. NBB public affairs head Manning Feraci said that the EISA Act required the EPA to conduct a lifecycle analysis of biofuels as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard’s implementation, but said that “This does not require the EPA to rely on faulty data and unrealistic scenarios that punish the U.S. biodiesel industry for wholly unrelated land use decisions in South America.” Faraci’s comments came as a flock of biofuels friends and foes descended on the EPA for a day of public hearings.
Written on July 3, 2009.
Delta Farm Press reports that the U.S. Agricultural Research Service studies in Lane, Oklahoma, have shown that simple sugars in watermelon juice can be made into ethanol. Chemist Wayne Fish’s ethanol studies at the ARS laboratory in Lane complement ongoing research there to commercially extract lycopene and citrulline from the crop. In publication-pending studies, Fish showed ethanol can be fermented from the glucose, fructose and sucrose in waste-stream juices. On average, a 20-pound watermelon will yield about 1.4 pounds of sugar from the flesh and rind, from which about 0.7 pound of ethanol can be derived.
Written on July 3, 2009.
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