Post on 01-Jan-2016
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Manure
• Animal waste can be converted into energy through the process of anaerobic digestion (AD). AD converts organic matter to biogas in the absence of oxygen.
• Biogas can be used just as natural gas to produce heat and produce electricity.
What’s the World Doing?
• The UK has 30 plants that convert animal waste to biogas.
• Germany has 4,000.
• 30% of educated German women are choosing not to have children.
Corn and Grains
• Ethanol is made by the fermentation of foods like corn or grains.
• Already, ethanol has become an additive in fuel as it boosts octane and reduces gas prices. Some places provide gasoline that is up to 10% ethanol
• Using ethanol solely as an additive however, won’t replace foreign oil dependency unless Americans begin to use E85—fuel that consists of 85% ethanol and 15 percent gas.
• Of the 170,000 gas stations in America, on 650 provide E85.
• There is also the possibility of conventional cars becoming damaged from E85 use.
What's the World Doing?
• United States planned to double its use of grain harvest for ethanol from 16% of the 2006 crop to 30% of the 2008 crop
• United States surpassed brazil in 2005 as the world’s leading ethanol producer
• Brazil is now converting ½ of its sugar cane to ethanol as the largest sugar producer and exporter.
In 2006…
• Europe produced 1.2 billion gallons of biodiesel from vegetable oil– & 417 million gallons of ethanol& 417 million gallons of ethanol
• China converted 4 million tons of grain to Ethanol
Some worry…
• That ethanol turns from one resource’s depletion to the next.
• The United States planned to double its grain harvest for ethanol fuel from 16% of the 2006 crop to 30% of the 2008 crop.
• China has already had reduced harvests due to water shortages.– China converted 4 million tons of grain anyway.
Bibliography
• Plan B 3.0 book• http://www.thebioenergysite.com/news/2417/
value -or-manure-both-fertilser-and-biofuel...• http://chevron.com/deliveringenergy/biofuels/?gc
lid=CJOBvc70...
• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/04/60minutes/main1588659.shtml
• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/04/60minutes/main1588659.shtml
• http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/18218/nist-crude-oil-from-pig-manure