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USA Today Spotlights Cellulosic

USA Today has a nice feature today on cellulosic ethanol that is pretty well balanced.

The article focuses mainly on the Verenium plant in Louisiana that is using sugar cane waste to make ethanol, but also mentions the other plants underway such as Range Fuels in Georgia using wood waste.

My favorite quote from the article: “The old joke was that cellulosic ethanol was always just five years down the road,” says Andy Aden, a senior chemical engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. “Now, there’s steel going in the ground.”

There is the obligatory negative comment from ethanol pessimist David Pimentel but overall it’s very positive and optimistic about the future of cellulosic fuel.