Posted on 01/08/2013 7:23:43 AM PST by thackney
Big Oil is soooooo much more evil than Big Agriculture. Cow farts are innocuous!
Actually, it can be. Have to convert to ethylene first, of course, then make ethanol from that. I think that route is actually cheaper than the corn derived EtOH one, but the EtOH made by from natural gas is not considered "renewable".
It's been some years since I looked at the economics of the two, and it things have undoubtedly changed, so the NatGas to EtOH may no longer be less expensive today.
Please to explain.
I like that explanation ... Now I can go back and read the original article intelligently (to the extent that I can do anything intelligently).
It may help to read post #24 first to understand how “ethane rejection” is used in this market.
Some other posts in the thread help explain portions. I will try to answer other questions you may have.
Right, thanks.
Here’s an interesting research tidbit concerning natural gas (specifically methane) that was in today’s “R&D Magazine” email daily research review.
will help develop...
if successful could...
Their proposal——won a $4.8 million Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) award from DOE.
Let me know when it is an economic commercial industry rather than a taxpayer funded attempt that claims to reduce global warming.
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