In a recent Science Daily article on fuel production I learned about the economics of some alternative methods of production
What is biomass. Well it is an organic non-fossil material collectively. Essentially biomass is a term to plainly reference the mass of any and all organisms dead or alive that can then be used as a fuel. a wood burning stove or fire is an example of biomass for instance. You may ask why is this important? mmyess? Well it has come to my attention the Liquid fuels can now be produced from biomass in a very economic fashion. In fact even if all the raw materials are imported from other countries the process and procedure would still be economical. This little fact was found through many carefully conducted case studies by Robin Zwart and crew in the Netherlands (of course) for the ACS journal of Energy and Fuels.
These case studies were conducted using the biomass to liquid fuel technique (the most efficient technique around thus far). After meticulous testing Zwart and his collegues concluded that high-quality liquid fuel could be produced from imported biomass for about 2.60 a gallon, with a total of 60$ a barrel.
Man we need to start tapping into this resource. Imagine a world where composting is only a small portion of biomass recycling. I can see it now. eat a banana for breakfast, put the peal in my car and drive...
The full article can be found at Science Daily here
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