Corn Ethanol Finds a Friend in Fungus

Shogun · 28th May 2008, 22:11

Ethanol production has been blasted by everyone from academia to the UN for its undesirable effect of raising food crop prices. However, while researchers try to develop new production methods that don't use sugar crops; the current infrastructure chugs along producing more and more corn based ethanol daily. Barring a dramatic change of course, it seems unlikely that the growth of corn ethanol will stop in the short term.

Thus, while it may not be the best solution, technology such as a new fungal improvement to processing developed by Iowa State still do some good. The new research was also assisted by researchers at the University of Hawai'i. It involves growing fungi in leftovers of ethanol production. The process saves energy, helps recycle more water, and produces higher quality livestock feed, which is a byproduct of the processing.

http://www.dailytech.com/Corn+Ethano...ticle11901.htm

28th May 2008, 22:11	#1
Shogun [M] Reviewer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calif. Bay Area, USA Posts: 1,748	Corn Ethanol Finds a Friend in Fungus Ethanol production has been blasted by everyone from academia to the UN for its undesirable effect of raising food crop prices. However, while researchers try to develop new production methods that don't use sugar crops; the current infrastructure chugs along producing more and more corn based ethanol daily. Barring a dramatic change of course, it seems unlikely that the growth of corn ethanol will stop in the short term. Thus, while it may not be the best solution, technology such as a new fungal improvement to processing developed by Iowa State still do some good. The new research was also assisted by researchers at the University of Hawai'i. It involves growing fungi in leftovers of ethanol production. The process saves energy, helps recycle more water, and produces higher quality livestock feed, which is a byproduct of the processing. http://www.dailytech.com/Corn+Ethano...ticle11901.htm

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